1st Edition
Implications of the Euro A Critical Perspective from the Left
List of Figures List of Tables Glossary List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface Foreword The Left and The Euro The Great Debate: The Labour Party and European Integration Part 1: The Economics Of A Single Currency Economic Consequences of EMU For Britain Economic Performance and The Euro What Type of European Monetary Union? The Euro: An Outsider's Perspective The ECB in Theory and Practice The Left Must Wake Up – Europe Isn’t Working A Post-Keynesian Strategy for The UK Economy Part 2: Employment And Social Aspects Of EMU The European Social Model: Myth or Reality? Voting No – The Euro and Labour Voters What Future in The EU? Hooked To The Falling Stars A Safe European Home? British Trade Unions and EMU: Natural Supporters or Conflicting Interests? The European Social Model: Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Part 3: Sovereignty and Political Determination How The Euro Threatens The Well-Being of The Planet and its People EMU and British Sovereignty Euro Versus The People The Establishment of a Commonwealth of Europe Fighting Against Federalism Rediscovering Progressive Economic Policy Outside EMU Bibliography
Biography
Mark Baimbridge and Brian Burkitt are both Senior Lecturers in Economics at the University of Bradford. Philip Whyman is a Reader in Economics at the University of Central Lancashire.
