This book assesses major schools of thought in macroeconomic theory between the Great Depression and the Long Recession, focusing on their analysis of cycles, crises and macro-policy. It explores the road from the dominance of Keynesian ideas to those of New Classical Macroeconomics (NCM) toward...

Introduction (Paul Dobrescu) -- Part I. Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates -- Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? (Ian Goldin) -- Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses (Anne L....

1. The International Economic Crisis -- 2. The Greek Crisis -- 3. Addressing the Crisis Through Support Packages and Memoranda -- 4. Changes in the Economy -- 5. The Social Impact of the Crisis -- 6. Change in Social Stratification in the Greece of Crisis (2009-2017) -- 7. Transformations in the...

A Short Post-communist Economic History of Emerging Europe -- Pre-crisis Central Banking -- Bubbles Everywhere (the 2000s)Under the Clouds of the Subprime Crisis (July 2007 – September 2008)The Lehman Tsunami (September – October 2008) -- The “Rescue Team” and Rescue Package (October –...

Einführung -- Die Politik der Alternativlosigkeit: Wie es dazu kam und warum ein Wechsel angeraten ist -- Die Flüchtlings- und Eurokrise: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in der politischen Handhabung -- Niedrigzinsen: Folgen und Gefahren -- Nivellierung der Risikoprämien durch die EZB --...

1. Macroeconomic developments and COVID-19 recession in (CE)SEE -- 2. COVID-19 contagion among countries: Croatia and Slovenia in Comparison -- 3. The Short-Term Economic Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the EU -- 4. Macroeconomics of the COVID-19 Crisis -- 5. Central bank's balance sheet as a...

1. Introduction -- Part I. The “Party Period” Before the Crisis -- 2. The Costs and Benefits for Joining a Common Currency with Emphasis on Weaker Member States: The Pre-crisis Debate -- 3. Greece Before the Crisis: The Critical Years in Domestic Politics -- 4. IMF and EU Reports on Greece...

1. Living In Truth -- 2. After The Fall -- 3. The Medium Is (Still) The Message -- 4. What Do You Expect? -- 5. Possibilities, Probabilities and Propensities -- 6. The Best And The Brightest -- 7. Bretton Woods Revisited -- 8. Selling England By The Pound -- 9. Tomorrow Without Fear -- 10. Out...

Chapter 1: The First Crisis 1949-1950 -- Chapter 2: The Second to Fourth Crises 1958-1976 -- Chapter 3: The Fifth to Seventh Crises 1978-1996 -- Chapter 4: The Eighth and Ninth Crises 1997 and 2008 -- Chapter 5: The Tenth Crisis 2013-the present.