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Author:

Stiglitz, Joseph E, author.

Title:

The euro : how a common currency threatens the future of Europe / Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxix, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Euro.
Currency question--European Union countries.
Europe--Economic integration.
European federation.
Financial crises--European Union countries.
Monetary policy--European Union countries.
European Union.
European Union.
Currency question.
Euro.
European federation.
Financial crises.
International economic integration.
Monetary policy.
Europe.
Europe--European Union countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

039325402X
9780393254020

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921868677

LCCN:

2016020664

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)