This book critically analyses the crisis of the euro currency from 2008 to the present. It argues that an understanding … euro. It goes on to describe and explain the crises in four countries--Greece, Ireland, Spain and Italy--showing how they … differ and together challenge the euro currency by requiring a varied policy response from Europe--back cover …

political issues: an accesible guide.This history and analysis of the euro and the European Central Bank traces the process of … making of European monetary unification since 1979, offers an accessible guide to the euro and the European Central Bank for … policy, monetary policy, the euro as unifier in the financial system, the payment system, the euro as an international actor …