The Proportionality of State Intervention

This book outlines the connection between the principles of proportionality of state intervention and strategies made by the European Union. It describes underlining reasons for the occurrence of the global economic recession and available intervention options for governments to the EU markets.This book works out several possibilities EU countries use with the help of state intervention to actively intervene in the market economy. The author critically assesses the proportionality of interventions in the markets of EU members. With regard to the European economic recession, the book highlights the background of the global financial and external debt crisis. In this context, possible measures for growth promotion processes of the EU are also described.The book will appeal to lecturers and students of economics disciplines worldwide, political advisors of EU member states and decision-makers of the European Central Bank; as well as, in principle, all interested readers who would like to learn more about fiscal policy in the European Union.

Discusses the Covid-crisis to highlight the lessons not learnt from the 2008 financial crisis Proposes intervention frameworks to help solve the challenges faced by the European Union member states Utilises original data and survey information to analyse the impact of state intervention

Autorentext

Sebastian Weißschnur, born in 1979, is a shareholder-managing director of three German companies in the financial services sector and holds a Graduation Certificate from Harvard Business School. His research interests include Business Administration as well as macroeconomic topics, in particular intervention frameworks to address challenges in EU member states.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. State Intervention and Principle of Proportionality.- 3. Literature Review Global Economics Leading Up To and Resulting From the 2007 Economic Crisis.- 4. Interventions by Governments.- 5. Research Methods.- 6. Overview of EU Responses to the Global Economic Crisis.- 7. EU Initiatives.- 8. Effects of Government Intervention and Study Conclusions.- 9. EU in 2020.<p