The euro : how a common currency threatens the future of Europe / Joseph E. Stiglitz
By: Stiglitz, Joseph E [author].
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]Edition: First edition.Description: xxix, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393254020.Subject(s): European Union | Euro | Currency question -- European Union countries | European federation | Financial crises -- European Union countries | Monetary policy -- European Union countries | Europe -- Economic integrationGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HG925 .S75 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010713 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-394) and index
Part I. Europe in crisis -- The euro crisis -- The euro: the hope and the reality -- Europe's dismal performance -- Part II. Flawed from the start -- When can a single currency ever work? -- The euro: a divergent system -- Monetary policy and the European Central Bank -- Part III. Misconceived policies -- Crises policies: how Troika policies compounded the flawed eurozone structure, ensuring depression -- Structural reforms that further compounded failure -- Part IV. A way forward? -- Creating a eurozone that works -- Can there be an amicable divorce? -- Toward a flexible euro -- The way forward
Discusses how the 2008 financial crisis revealed the shortcomings of the euro and how it has caused Europe's economic stagnation, and outlines three possible plans for moving forward