From Convergence to Crisis: Labor Markets and the Instability of the Euro

by Alison Johnston

What explains Eurozone member-states' divergent exposure to Europe's sovereign debt crisis? Deviating from current fiscal and financial views, From Convergence to Crisis focuses on labor markets in a narrative that distinguishes the winners from the losers in the euro crisis. Alison Johnston argues that Europe's monetary union was structured in a way that advantaged the corporatist labor markets of its northern economies in external trade...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501702653
• ISBN13: 9781501702655
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher