Euro error [electronic resource] / Jean-Jacques Rosa ; translated under the direction of Andrea Lyn Secara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosa, Jean Jacques.

Standardized Title:

Erreur européenne. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary policy--European Union countries.

Monetary policy.

European currency unit.

Euro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Urging against adopting the Euro, a French economist articulates the disadvantages of a unified monetary system and suggests that the United States is more likely to split up than Europe is to achieve a lasting union.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Introduction; The Dilemma: Prosperity or the Single State, a Choice Must Be Made; I DEAD END; WRONG WAY; THE RETURN OF MASS UNEMPLOYMENT; A DIFFUSE DISASTER; CAUSES THAT ARE KNOWN, BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED; LOOKING FOR LOST GROWTH; DOCTRINAL ROADBLOCKS; CONCLUSION; II THE SINGLE CURRENCY VERSUS THE ECONOMY; THE COST OF THE DEUTSCHE-MARK STANDARD; SINGLE MARKET, MULTIPLE CURRENCIES; THE EURO IS NOT VIABLE; III THE FALLACY OF THE VERY GREAT STATE; TOWARD THE SINGLE STATE; THE COST OF SIZE; INSTITUTIONAL ATOMIZATION; ILLUSORY ADVANTAGES; A STIFLING SUPERSTRUCTURE; CONCLUSION

IV SO, HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS?THE TRAP OF FISCAL CONSERVATISM; GOOD MONETARY POLICY; TAX AND SOCIAL REFORM; CONCLUSION; CONCLUSIONS - The Democratic Solution; NOTES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-34639-6

9786610346394

1-892941-14-7

OCLC:

476113730