" An attempt by political economists to analyze the fundamental causes of the euro crisis,
determine how it can be fixed, and consider what likely futures lie ahead for the currency …

A bold history of the rise of central banks, showing how institutions designed to steady the
ship of global finance have instead become as destabilizing as they are dominant. While …

Since 2005, Angela Merkel has transformed not only the way Germans see themselves but
also the way that politicians worldwide, male and female, perceive women in power. The …

The Eurozone's reaction to the crisis beginning in late 2008 involved not only efforts to
mitigate the arbitrarily destructive effects of markets but also vigorous pursuit of policies …

This article offers a corrective to the notion that German ordoliberal ideology is the key to
understanding German policy behavior during the Eurocrisis and, by extension, to the …

This article argues that the reaction of the second Merkel government to the sovereign debt
crisis in the Eurozone was conditioned by informal and formal policy commitments that were …

This paper explains the extent to which the export-led growth strategies deployed in
Germany and Italy turn out to be self-defeating. The problem lies in the impact of those …

Introduction: The euro area was routinely criticized for its handling of the sovereign debt
crisis, charged with doing 'too little, too late'in order to alleviate market pressure. Its …

Following the 2007–9 financial crisis, the EU strengthened its institutional apparatus for
bank regulation, creating a trio of sectoral bodies, including the European Banking Authority …

We investigate the character of the market for corporate control (ie takeovers) in French and
German banking. The key feature of this character is the marked ability of French and …