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The Euro: is it really the crowning achievement of half a century
of European integration efforts? Quite the contrary: It seems that
the Euro has now become a great threat to the European Union as
such. This book explains the impact which the ongoing Eurocrisis
has already had on the member states and their inhabitants; and it
does so without assuming that the reader is already an expert on
any of the topics addressed, making it a both thorough and
convenient introduction to the problem area. Sooner or later, any
professor teaching courses on international relations,
international political economy, or European politics will have to
field questions regarding the Eurocrisis. Considering the
complexity and relative peculiarity of the topic, the instructor
would need to have some sort of supplement to explain the story of
the euro. The authors attempt to interpret the crisis and its
effects by focusing on three key questions: 1. Why has the
Eurocrisis been so severe? 2. Why choose austerity as the solution?
3. Why not abandon the Euro altogether? Exploring these questions,
the book allows to develop one's own understanding of the crisis
and the difficult policy challenges ahead as the EU grapples with a
post-crisis future.
The European debt crisis has posed a challenge for many people to
understand, both non-Europeans and Europeans alike. Even
economists, finance specialists and market commentators are often
uncertain of its causes or in the interpretation of events ongoing,
or of past events that have taken place that then shaped the
current situation. Typically this lack of understanding results
from a lack of understanding of how European institutions work, the
structure of European politics and the Eurozone, the economics of
the financial system, or the relationship of debt markets to
current government policies in the EU. The purpose of this book is
to describe the causes and outcomes of the European debt crisis (to
the date of publication) within the context of three questions most
often asked about the debt crisis: What happened? Why did it
happen? Why has the crisis been so difficult for policy-makers to
address? The book attempts to answer these questions in a
straightforward, scholarly and thoughtful fashion, thereby
developing a wider understanding of the crisis in its entirety for
the reader. The book is by no means meant to be an exhaustive
treatment on any of the issues it discusses. But the approach taken
should be useful for those people who wish to better understand the
events of the European financial crisis over the past three years
but who do not need to acquire an exhaustive background in European
institutions, debt markets, history and economic policy-making. For
that reason the proposed book would have appeal to undergraduate
students in business, economics, politics or interdisciplinary
studies looking for an approachable yet detailed overview of the
crisis, for graduate classes seeking similar goals and lay-people
or professionals interested generally in the topic and/or with a
need to acquire a basic understanding of the topic. Further, the
book could serve as an introduction in courses or settings that
lead to deeper discussion of the economic, political and financial
issues it presents.
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