Saving Europe: : anatomy of a dream / Carlo Bastasin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kawai, Masahiro, 1947-

Eichengreen, Barry J.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Currency question.

Renminbi.

Foreign exchange rates.

Economic policy.

Currency question--China.

Foreign exchange rates--China.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (565 p.)

Edition:

New and expanded edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Asian Development Bank Institute ; Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

In this gripping narrative, Carlo Bastasin reconstructs the main political decisions of the euro crisis, unveiling the hidden interests and the secret diplomacy behind the scene. The European dream was both the rejection of war and the creation of a new spirit of peaceful cooperation. Yet confrontation has been the hallmark of the euro crisis, and national opportunistic gimmicks have driven the awkward attempts to solve the crisis itself. Today, Europe is in a crisis of democracy, which Bastasin has dubbed, ""the first War of Interdependence of the global age."" Praise for the first edition of

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; The First War of Interdependence; Acknowledgments; The Origin of Mistrust; The Secrets behind the Banks; Europe's Awkward Ambitions to Change the World; Too Different for One Policy; First Doubts about the Euro; The American Crisis Becomes the European Crisis; The European Central Bank's First Rescue of the States; Karlsruhe, Ruling the World from the Province; The Well-Known Secret of the Greek Tragedy; Let Greece Default?; Bringing the Euro to the Brink, in Order to Save It; Sell Your Islands; Contagion

Dr. Faust Saves the EuroFrom a New Complacency to the Irish Crisis; A Sophisticated Way to Commit Suicide; A Fateful Fight between the ECB and the Heads of Governments; The Crisis Reaches Italy and Spain; Berlusconi's Moral Hazard and the German Waterboarding Strategy; Solution or Dissolution: Political Union or the End of the Euro; The Limits of Democracy; Whatever It Takes; The New Hierarchy; Conclusion: A Dreamless Night; Notes; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

0-8157-5343-8

0-8157-2614-7

OCLC:

900343733

Publisher Number:

EB00641853 Recorded Books