The economies of the European Union are today highly integrated. Constitutive part of this high degree of integration is the euro which unites most of the Member Stateswithintheeuro-zone. Inordertoensureprosperityandstabilityofthis Union in the spirit of the European Stability and Growth Pact, economic policies in both the Union and its Member States need to be monitored and co-ordinated appropriately. This applies in particular also because of the enlargement process which adds a further dimension to the continuous challenge of having to deal with different economic policy concepts and...

The economies of the European Union are today highly integrated. Constitutive part of this high degree of integration is the euro which unites most of the Member Stateswithintheeuro-zone. Inordertoensureprosperityandstabilityofthis Union in the spirit of the European Stability and Growth Pact, economic policies in both the Union and its Member States need to be monitored and co-ordinated appropriately. This applies in particular also because of the enlargement process which adds a further dimension to the continuous challenge of having to deal with different economic policy concepts and...

Die aktuelle Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat politische, wirtschaftliche und auch wissenschaftliche Gewissheiten in Frage gestellt. Dabei sind die wirtschaftlichen Fragen von heute nicht neu, sie beschaftigen Okonomen schon lange und auch die Krise ist keineswegs die erste der Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Der Autor erortert die komplexen okonomischen Zusammenhange - ganz ohne Mathematik und mit vielen Anekdoten und Beispielen. Anspruchsvoll und dennoch allgemein verstandlich geschrieben, bietet der Band eine Einfuhrung in das okonomische Denken.