The trouble with Europe
Subtitle: why the EU isn't working, how it can be reformed, what could take its place
By: Roger Bootle
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781857886153
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic conditions; Histoire économique; UE/CE Union européenne; UE/CE Euro; European Union; Economic history
Description: After the carnage of two world wars, and the polarization of the globe between the emergent superpowers, Europe's leaders had a noble dream of founding a new union that would contain its members destructive tendencies, but also act as a beacon of free trade, human rights and cooperation. As this organization attracted new countries, including Britain in the 1970s, the European Economic Community eventually became the European Union, and a seemingly inevitable march toward a federal super-state began, culminating in the creation of the totemic, but economically suspect single currency: the euro.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The trouble with Europe; title: Part I: Past history and present purpose; title: How the EU came into being and why; title: The trouble with the EU as a political institution; title: Part II: The economics of the EU; title: Has the EU been an economic success?; title: The role of the euro; title: Europe's economic future; title: Part III: Reform, dissolution or departure; title: Reform or dissolution?; title: The costs and benefits of leaving the EU; title: What institutional arrangements could take the EU's place?; title: Postscript: History moves on.