pt. I. Managing subnational liabilities in Europe --pt. II. Incipient problems in the biggest countries in Europe -- pt. III. The troubled countries of southern Europe -- pt. IV. Cities, the olympics and growth -- pt. V. Accession states -- pt. VI. Some general lessons.

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1.Tetsuji Okazaki and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (1999), 'Japan's Present-Day Economic System and Its Historical Origin', in The Japanese Economic System and Its Historical Origins, Oxford, UK and New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press, 1-37[37] --...

Contents: Introduction -- 1. The relevance of The General Theory at 80: economic change and economic theory / Victoria Chick -- 2. Against twisting The General Theory / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo -- 3. The Keynesian unblocking / Robert Skidelsky -- 4. The attacks on The General Theory: how Keynes's...

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, there has been an unprecedented move towards 'rethinking economics' due to the damages generated by the global financial crisis that burst in 2007-2008. Almost a decade after this crisis, policy is still unable to provide all citizens greater...