Stagnation Versus Growth in Europe Capitalism in the 21st Century /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Paganetto, Luigi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Finance, Public.; Political economy.; Macroeconomics.; European Economic Community literature.; Economic policy.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Economic Growth.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Public Finance.; Political Economy.; Economic Policy.; European Integration.

This book explores the debate on the policies required to overcome the crises of 2008 and 2011, in which the focus on short-term measures has overshadowed the need to analyze the low growth rate in the European Union, and especially the Eurozone, as the basis for interventions that will counteract t...

Table of Contents:

• Making progress in economic and monetary union
• Long-term tendencies in the shares of total household income flowing to upper and lower quantiles of European households
• When “secular stagnation” meets Piketty's capitalism in the 21st century: growth and inequality trends in Europe reconsidered
• Long term patterns of European accumulation and growth: Europe at a turning point
• Those things you might not see, which are still beneficial
• Demographic changes and economic growth
• Industrial policy, investment and green growth
• The investment plan for Europe: a contribution to addressing the EU’s competitiveness challenges
• The European internal market and innovation: the challenges ahead
• The Greek crisis and its structural features: some insights from a comparative exercise
• Greek export and labor market performance: facts and myths that can help devise a useful growth strategy
• Sustainable development: valuing the future for the environment and equity
• Fault lines in the international monetary system: risks for economic recovery and sustainable growth.