Title: Regaining Europe : an economic agenda for the 21st century /
Authors: Irvin, George.
Publisher: Federal Trust for Education and Research,
Year: 2006
Subjects: European Central Bank; Monetary policy European Union countries.; Monetary unions European Union countries.; European Union countries Economic policy.
Abstract: "In this important new book, the economist George Irvin argues that if the euro is to survive, it needs to be run in a more sophisticated and flexible manner. Professor Irvin believes that when the governing structures of the euro were set up in the early 1990s, European governments of the day were unduly influenced by monetarist ideas. In consequence, they set up a 'banker's euro' with excessive emphasis on mechanisms for combating inflation. Other economic goals such as growth and employment were subordinated to this preoccupation with monetary stability."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. The union in crisis -- 2. European dream or nightmare? -- 3. European and American economic performance -- 4. Maastricht economics -- 5. Minor or major surgery? -- 6. Inequality versus welfare -- 7. The new challenges -- 8. The EU budget, the CAP and enlargement -- 9. Alternative growth strategies -- 10. Unfinished business for Britain.