• ISBN13: 9781783602131
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publisher Imprint: Zed Books
• Publication Date: May 16, 2014
• Pages: 272
• Original Price: GBP 23.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 318 grams

About the Book Europe is suffering from a bipolar economic disorder. Financial journalists divide the continent into two groups of nations - centre and periphery - not by geography but by credit rating. Europe on the Brink is a critical investigation of the root causes of this sovereign debt crisis, and the often misguided policy choices made to resolve it. <p/>Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, together with two other finance experts, compares debt contagion in Europe with regional financial crises elsewhere, while Roberto Lavagna, former economics minister in Argentina, provides a poignant comparative analysis with his own country's experience. Crucially and uniquely, Portuguese, Greek and Irish economists provide hard-hitting case studies from the perspective of the periphery. <p/>This much-needed book offers a heterodox economic perspective on the causes, symptoms and solutions of the biggest economic issue currently facing Europe.