Architects of the Euro : intellectuals in the making of European monetary union / edited by Kenneth Dyson and Ivo Maes.
Contributor(s): Dyson, Kenneth H. F | Maes, Ivo.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: xix, 307 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198735915.Subject(s): European Union -- Officials and employees | European Union -- History | Economic and Monetary Union -- Officials and employees | Economic and Monetary Union -- History | Economic and Monetary Union | European Union | Economists -- Europe | Economists | Employees | EuropeGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: Who were key figures in the making of European monetary union? Which ideas did they contribute to ensuring that monetary union would be sustainable? How prescient were they in identifying the necessary and sufficient foundations of a sustainable monetary union? This book provides the first systematic historical examination of key architects of European monetary union in the period before its launch in 1999. Using original archival and interview research, it investigates the intellectual and career backgrounds of these architects, their networking skills, and their own doubts and reservations about the way in which monetary union was being constructed. In the light of the later Euro Area, Architects of the Euro deals critically with not just their contribution to the making of European monetary union but also their legacy. The book brings together a distinguished group of scholars working on the history of Economic and Monetary Union.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and indexes.
Who were key figures in the making of European monetary union? Which ideas did they contribute to ensuring that monetary union would be sustainable? How prescient were they in identifying the necessary and sufficient foundations of a sustainable monetary union? This book provides the first systematic historical examination of key architects of European monetary union in the period before its launch in 1999. Using original archival and interview research, it investigates the intellectual and career backgrounds of these architects, their networking skills, and their own doubts and reservations about the way in which monetary union was being constructed. In the light of the later Euro Area, Architects of the Euro deals critically with not just their contribution to the making of European monetary union but also their legacy. The book brings together a distinguished group of scholars working on the history of Economic and Monetary Union.