Over the last thirty years or so the developments in the area of monetary and macroeconomic policies have been quite substantial. Within the new consensus macroeconomics (NCM), monetary policy is upgraded while fiscal policy is downgraded. This new monetary policy has been the main instrument of...

La 4ème de couverture indique : "La banque centrale européenne (BCE) est l'institution communautaire qui définit et met en oeuvre la politique monétaire de la zone euro. À ce titre, elle a plutôt bien rempli son office depuis sa création en 1999. Non seulement elle a mis fin aux guerres...

Within the New Consensus Macroeconomics, monetary policy is upgraded while fiscal policy is downgraded. This new monetary policy has been the main instrument of policy under the guise of inflation targeting, an approach pursued by a number of central banks worldwide. This book raises problems...