Making the European Monetary Union /

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Europe's financial crisis cannot be blamed on the Euro, Harold James contends in this probing exploration of the whys, whens, whos, and what-ifs of European monetary union. The current crisis goes deeper, to a series of problems that were debated but not resolved at the time of the Euro's...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: James, Harold, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Monetary policy > European Union countries.
Monetary unions > European Union countries.
Politique monétaire > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Unions monétaires > Pays de l'Union européenne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Money & Monetary Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
International economic integration
Monetary policy
Monetary unions
Europe > Economic integration.
Europe > Intégration économique.
Europe
European Union countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • Foreword / by Mario Draghi
  • A Napoleonic prelude
  • The origins of the committee
  • The response to global monetary turbulence : Barre and Werner
  • The snake and other animals
  • Negotiating the European monetary system
  • The malaise of the 1980s
  • The Delors committee and the relaunching of the central bank governors
  • Designing a central bank
  • The EMS crises
  • Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors
  • Appendix A: The governors' drafts and the treaty text of the statutes of the ECB and EMI
  • Appendix B: Members of the committee of governors
  • Appendix C: Dramatis personae
  • Appendix D: Chronology
  • Appendix E: Figures
  • Abbreviations used in the text
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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