Europe in Crisis: Bolt from the Blue?

ISBN-13: 9780415637244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 174 str.

Ivan Berend

Opis

This text analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it.

Spis treści

Introduction: Unprecedented freedom from cyclical instability  1. Variations on a Theme: Iceland, Greece, and Ireland on the road towards the crisis  2. The Fall – of 2008: From the financial crisis to the crisis of the Euro  3. The Economic and Policy Causes: Contemporary capitalism — The financialized, deregulated market system in the globalized world economy and partially integrated Europe  4. The Social Causes: Living beyond our means  5. Which Way Europe? Managing the economic crisis and the way out

O autorze

Ivan T. Berend is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.