how national politics nearly destroyed the euro Bastasin, Carlo 1959- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. dcu Washington, D.C Brookings Institution Press c2012 2012 monographic eng

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viii, 405 p. The origin of mistrust -- The secrets behind the banks -- Europe's awkward ambitions to change the world -- Too different for one policy -- First doubts about the euro -- The American crisis becomes the European crisis -- The European central bank's first rescue of the states -- Karlsruhe, ruling the world from the province -- The well-known secret of the Greek tragedy -- Let Greece default -- Bringing the euro to the brink, in order to save it -- Sell your islands -- Contagion -- Dr. Faust saves the euro -- From a new complacency to the Irish crisis -- A sophisticated way to commit suicide -- A fateful fight between the ECB and the heads of governments -- The crisis reaches Italy and Spain -- Berlusconi's moral hazard and the German waterboarding strategy -- Solution or dissolution : political union or the end of the euro -- Epilogue : toward the political union. Carlo Bastasin. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. e------ e-gr--- Monetary policy European Union countries History 21st century Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Euro Greece Economic policy 21st century HG930.5 .B37 2012eb 332.4/94 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10541142 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10541142 CaPaEBR 120217 ebr10541142