The Euro

And its Threat to the Future of Europe

Joseph E. Stiglitz

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English

Penguin
08 January 2018

International relations; Economics & Business; Monetary economics; International economics; Political economy

Designed to bring Europe closer together, the euro has actually done the opposite: after nearly a decade without growth, unity has been replaced with dissent and enlargements with prospective exits. Joseph Stiglitz argues that Europe's stagnation and bleak outlook are a direct result of the fundamental flaws inherent in the euro project - economic integration outpacing political integration with a structure that actively promotes divergence rather than convergence.

Money relentlessly leaves the weaker member states and goes to the strong, with debt accumulating in a few ill-favoured countries. The question now is: can the euro be saved?

Laying bare the European Central Bank's misguided inflation-only mandate and explaining why austerity has condemned Europe to unending stagnation, Stiglitz outlines three possible ways forward: fundamental reforms in the structure of the Eurozone and the policies imposed on the member countries suffering the most; a well-managed end to the euro; or a bold, new system he dubs the 'flexible euro'.

This important book, by one of the world's leading economists, addresses the euro-crisis on a bigger intellectual scale than any predecessor.

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 351g
ISBN: 9780141983240
ISBN 10: 0141983248
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 08 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph E. Stiglitz was Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers 1995-7 and Chief Economist at the World Bank 1997-2000. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University, teaching in the Department of Economics, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the Graduate School of Business. He is also the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 and is the bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall, The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, all published by Penguin.

Reviews for The Euro: And its Threat to the Future of Europe

Original, hard-hitting ... Much more than a demolition job. These chapters are full of constructive proposals -- Martin Sandbu Financial Times Highly readable ... passionately written ... this important book will unnerve millions Sunday Telegraph Stiglitz could hardly have timed The Euro better ... one of those economists with a rare ability to help readers understand complex ideas -- Philip Aldrick The Times Coolly analytical ... he is surely right: without a radical overhaul of its workings, the Euro seems all but certain to fail Economist