Making the European monetary union /
James, Harold, 1956-
Making the European monetary union / Harold James ; with a foreward by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana. - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2012. - xiv, 567 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of figures -- Foreword / by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana -- A Napoleonic prelude -- The origins of the committee of governors -- The response to global monetary turbulence -- The snake and other animals -- Negotiating the European monetary system -- The malaise of the 1980s -- The Delors committee and the relaunching of Europe -- Designing a central bank -- The EMS crises -- Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors -- Appendix A: The governors' drafts and the treaty text of the statutes of the ECB and EMI -- Appendix B: Members of the committee of governors -- Appendix C: Dramatis personae -- Appendix D: Chronology -- Appendix E: Figures -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
9780674066830 (alk. paper)
2012015210
Economic and Monetary Union.
Monetary unions--European Union countries.
Monetary policy--European Union countries.
Europe--Economic integration.
HG3894. / J36 2012
332.4/94
Making the European monetary union / Harold James ; with a foreward by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana. - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2012. - xiv, 567 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of figures -- Foreword / by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana -- A Napoleonic prelude -- The origins of the committee of governors -- The response to global monetary turbulence -- The snake and other animals -- Negotiating the European monetary system -- The malaise of the 1980s -- The Delors committee and the relaunching of Europe -- Designing a central bank -- The EMS crises -- Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors -- Appendix A: The governors' drafts and the treaty text of the statutes of the ECB and EMI -- Appendix B: Members of the committee of governors -- Appendix C: Dramatis personae -- Appendix D: Chronology -- Appendix E: Figures -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
9780674066830 (alk. paper)
2012015210
Economic and Monetary Union.
Monetary unions--European Union countries.
Monetary policy--European Union countries.
Europe--Economic integration.
HG3894. / J36 2012
332.4/94