Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction. Return to Common Sense
  • Chapter 1. Institutional and Policy Diversity as an Engine of Economic Development
  • I. What Influences Institutional and Policy Diversity?
  • II. An Historical Perspective
  • III. Examining the Record
  • IV. Where Do We Stand?
  • V. Transition Economies and Institutional and Policy Diversity
  • VI. Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Ethical Lapses of Capitalism: How Serious They Are
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Ethics and Economy
  • III. Understanding Micro and Macro BehavioursIV. Institutional Responses to Ethical Lapses
  • V. Conclusion: Whither Capitalism?
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Why This Financial Crisis Is Occurringâ€?How to Respond to It
  • I. Introduction
  • II. A Classification of Financial Crises
  • III. The Current Crisisâ€?What Has Triggered It and Its Implications
  • IV. How to Respond to This Crisis
  • V. Summing Up
  • References
  • Chapter 4. What This Financial Crisis Tells Us
  • I. The Calculation Debate Revisited
  • II. Is Only Greed to Be Blamed?
  • III. What This Crisis Teaches UsIV. Limits of Openness
  • References
  • Chapter 5. A Strained European Modelâ€?Is Eastern Enlargement to Blame?
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The ESM and the Roots of Its Strain
  • III. The Race for Competitiveness
  • IV. Who Fears Globalisation?
  • V. High Growth Rates are Not Enough: The Case of Central Europe
  • VI. The Future of the ESM
  • References
  • Chapter 6. The Monetary Union: The Decade Ahead. The Case of Non-Member States
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The First Decade of Monetary Union
  • III. Old and New Challenges for the Monetary UnionIV. Challenges for the New Member States
  • V. Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 7. The EU Budget Review: Managing Diversity for a Growing EU
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The History of the EU Budget: A Small Economic Instrument of Great Political Clout
  • III. The European Union in the New Global Context: Challenges and Opportunities
  • IV. Principles of the Reform
  • V. Reviewing and Reforming the Budget: Concrete Measures to Take
  • VI. Implementation of New Provisions
  • VII. Concluding Remarks