Regaining Europe
Subtitle: an economic agenda for the 21st century
By: George Irvin
Publisher: Federal Trust for Education and Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781903403853; 9781903403846
Subjects: European Central Bank; Monetary policy -- European Union countries; Monetary unions -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Economic policy
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index