TY  - BOOK
AU  - James,Harold
TI  - Making the European monetary union
SN  - 9780674066830 (alk. paper)
AV  - HG3894. J36 2012
U1  - 332.4/94 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Economic and Monetary Union
KW  - Monetary unions
KW  - European Union countries
KW  - Monetary policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - Economic integration
N1  - 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
ER  -