Crises are a major driving force behind cooperation in the European Union. This holds also for monetary and fiscal policy. During severe crises, cooperation has been enlarged and intensified. The recent covid-19 pandemic is a clear example of this pattern. The pandemic has had huge impact on the...

The economic crisis triggered by the COVID–19 pandemic once again raises doubts about the eurozone's ability to deal with joint economic problems given its dissimilar dynamics and asymmetries. This chapter contributes to a paradigm shift in the governance of the euro area towards a more...

The history of joint European bond issuance has been largely forgotten. The authors show that bonds issued and guaranteed jointly by European states are not a novel instrument, but have repeatedly been issued since the 1970s. The issuance of one-off "Coronabonds", as currently proposed, would...

Europa ist zum ?Kranken Mann? geworden. Schwere Krisen haben die Wirtschaft erschüttert. Die EZB versucht mithilfe der Druckerpresse den Patienten am Leben zu halten. Die Folgen: Nullzinsen, immense Staatsverschuldung und eine drohende Inflation. Ökonom Hans-Werner Sinn warnt in seinem neuen...