Endgame for the Euro - A Critical History

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Bill Lucarelli is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and has published 3 books: The Origin and Evolution of the Single Market in Europe in 1999 , (Ashgate); Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis in 2004 , (Palgrave Macmillan) and The Economics of Financial Turbulence in 2011 (Edward Elgar). Klappentext This text develops an original critical analysis of the origins and evolution of the euro and the current debt crisis that envelops the euro-zone. It provides a comprehensive critical historical narrative of the evolution of European Monetary Union (EMU). The history of the euro, culminating in the Maastricht blueprint in 1992, reveals that this deeply flawed monetary edifice was informed by the prevailing neoliberal/monetarist economic doctrines, favoured by Germany. The final blueprint witnessed the birth of an international currency which was devoid of a coherent sovereign power. The author's critique is informed by post-Keynesian theories of endogenous money. Lucarelli provides an essential contribution to the critique of the existing economic theories that continue to inform the evolution of the euro. In the absence of political union and a corresponding fiscal framework, the survival of the euro remains problematic. The imposition of harsh, neoliberal, austerity measures by the IMF/EU/ECB (Troika) on Europe's peripheral, deficit countries threaten the very existence of the euro-zone in its present form, and have set in motion powerful centrifugal forces, which could ultimately derail the entire post-war European project. Zusammenfassung This text develops an original critical analysis of the origins and evolution of the euro and the current debt crisis that envelops the euro-zone. Lucarelli provides an essential contribution to the critique of the existing economic theories that continue to inform the evolution of the euro. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Origins of the Single Currency 2. EMU: The First Experiment 3. The European Monetary System; 1979-87 4. The German Ascendancy 5. Project 1992 6. The Maastricht Blueprint for EMU 7. The European Debt Crisis 8. The Break-Up of the Eurozone? Conclusion...

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• Autori: B Lucarelli, B. Lucarelli, Bill Lucarelli
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781137371898
• ISBN: 978-1-137-37189-8
• Pagine: 180
• Serie: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; C, Economic Policy, European Politics, Economics, Finance, macroeconomics, European Union, Politics & government, Finance, general, International Economics, Political Economy, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Financial Economics, Monetary Economics, EU (European Union), Management science, International Political Economy, European Union Politics, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Political Economy and Economic Systems, Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Political Economy’