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Title The euro : how a common currency threatens the future of Europe / Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Author Stiglitz, Joseph E., author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  332.494 STI    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description xxix, 416 pages ; 25 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-394) and index.
Contents Part I. Europe in crisis -- The euro crisis -- The euro: the hope and the reality -- Europe's dismal performance -- Part II. Flawed from the start -- When can a single currency ever work? -- The euro: a divergent system -- Monetary policy and the European Central Bank -- Part III. Misconceived policies -- Crises policies: how Troika policies compounded the flawed eurozone structure, ensuring depression -- Structural reforms that further compounded failure -- Part IV. A way forward? -- Creating a eurozone that works -- Can there be an amicable divorce? -- Toward a flexible euro -- The way forward.
Summary Discusses how the 2008 financial crisis revealed the shortcomings of the euro and how it has caused Europe's economic stagnation, and outlines three possible plans for moving forward.
Subject Euro.
Currency question -- European Union countries.
Europe -- Economic integration.
European federation.
Financial crises -- European Union countries.
Monetary policy -- European Union countries.
European Union.
ISBN 9780393254020 hardcover : $28.95
039325402X hardcover