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Informationen zum Autor Ivan T. Berend is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Klappentext This book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it. It contains explicit debates with several economists and analysts on some of the most controversial questions about the causes of the crisis and the policies applied by the European Union. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it. It contains explicit debates with several economists and analysts on some of the most controversial questions about the causes of the crisis and the policies applied by the European Union. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Unprecedented freedom from cyclical instability 1. Variations on a Theme: Iceland, Greece, and Ireland on the road towards the crisis 2. The Fall – of 2008: From the financial crisis to the crisis of the Euro 3. The Economic and Policy Causes: Contemporary capitalism — The financialized, deregulated market system in the globalized world economy and partially integrated Europe 4. The Social Causes: Living beyond our means 5. Which Way Europe? Managing the economic crisis and the way out
