Towards a Resilient Eurozone

This book examines the Eurozone crisis and the possibility of fiscal and political union in Europe with contributions from some of the most respected experts on these topics. The book will explain the complex, multidimensional crises in competitiveness, fiscal matters, banking and politics.

Autorentext

John Ryan is a Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS (International Strategy and Diplomacy). He is also a Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge. He was Head of School at SCMS London, an international campus of SCMS Cochin, India, and a Fellow at the Centre for International Studies, LSE. He was also a Fellow at the EU Integration section of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, Germany. Professor Ryan has held senior administrative and academic positions at various business schools and policy institutes. He works as a senior adviser for private and public sector organizations.

Inhalt

Contents: John Ryan/John Loughlin: Historical Monetary Unions: Lessons for the current Eurozone Crisis - Lothar Funk: Towards a resilient EMU? The German-Inspired Response to the Euro Crisis Assessed - Michael Wohlgemuth: Is Germany's Current Account Surplus «Unfair»? - Sebastián Royo: After Austerity: Lessons from the Spanish Experience - Heribert Dieter/Maria Krummenacher: Maastricht 2.0: Alternatives for Monetary Union beyond the Centralization Fetish - Jacob Kirkegaard: Closer Fiscal Policy among Eurozone Members - Mathias Dolls/Clemens Fuest/Dirk Neumann/Andreas Peichl: Fiscal Integration in the Eurozone: Economic Effects of Two Key Scenarios.