- 304 pages
- English
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About this book
The eurozone is in crisis. Spiralling debts, defaulting banks, high unemployment - the European dream of a united union appears to be over. All fingers point to the corrupt and greedy PIIGs: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Profligate governments have exploited the system, squandered the benefits and now beg for bail-outs from those that prosper. But is it really that simple? Economist Vicky Pryce argues that, given the flaws at its conception, the eurozone has been doomed from the very start. Politicians ignored common sense and deliberately created a system based on political not economic motives. They failed to provide firewalls for inevitable crises and placed little emphasis on practical structural reforms for the countries that needed them. It was a recipe for disaster and Europe now reaps the whirlwind. Is it time for a Greek exit? Focusing on Greece - not only her home country but perceived as the main threat to the euro's survival - Pryce explores the history of the eurozone, the causes of the crisis and, damning the proposed official solutions as counterproductive, suggests a way out of the current mess.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise
- Title Page
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1: INTRODUCTION
- 2: THE ECONOMICS OF THE EURO – AND HOW THE POLITICIANS DIDN’T GET IT
- 3: GREECE MAKES HISTORY – AGAIN
- 4: GREECE: THE RICHEST NATION IN THE WORLD TO PRODUCE NOTHING?
- 5: GREECE IN CRISIS
- 6: THE FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONSHIP – CENTRAL TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
- 7: THE VIEW FROM GERMANY – PERSPECTIVES ON THE CRISIS, ITS ORIGIN AND RESOLUTION
- 8: THE SPANISH PERSPECTIVE – THE VIEW FROM MADRID
- 9: WHY BRITAIN MAY LEAVE EUROPE BEFORE GREECE QUITS THE EURO
- 10: WHAT NEXT FOR GREECE?
- 11: WHAT NEXT FOR THE EURO? CAN IT BE SAVED – AND SHOULD IT BE SAVED?
- GLOSSARY
- CHRONOLOGY
- INDEX
- Copyright
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