The accession of ten new members to the European Union on May 1st 2004 is among the most significant developments in the history of European integration. Based upon studies conducted by the European Forecasting Network, this book analyses key aspects of the impact of this recent enlargement with...

This book offers a criticalperspective from which to observe evolution of the Euro Area and the European Union in these times of growing economic and political conflict. Key implications of design failures in the Euro Area (i.e. incorrect diagnostics ofthe public finance crisis, single monetary...

pt. ITHE RISE OF THE MARKET SOCIETY --1.Perspectives of Value -- Objective Value --2.Perspectives of Value -- Subjective Value --3.Money, Gold and the Age of Consent --4.From Magna Carta to Modern Money --5.The Future of Money --6.The Market Society and the Value of Nothing --pt. IITHREE CRISES...