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...

This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s: exchange...

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...

Verlagsinfo: Wolfgang Stützel (1925-1987) war einer der anregendsten und prägendsten Gelehrten der letzten 50 Jahre. Stützels weitgefächerte theoretische Arbeiten sowie seine rechts- und wirtschaftspolitischen Vorschläge markierten anfänglich Außenseiterpositionen. Sie setzten sich jedoch...