The international financial crisis that began in 2006/2007 continues to threaten economic stability in many parts of the world including the United States and Europe. The paper explores how the financial crisis conforms to or challenges two models of capitalism by comparing efforts by Germany...

We analyze data from an author‐conducted survey of members of the French and German parliaments on European Monetary Union reform preferences. We consider three potential drivers of preferences: nationality, ideology, and personal characteristics. For European Monetary Union policies like...