Posted

May 28, 2014 04:47:34 AM

Date

2013-12

Author

Sir Christopher Pissarides

Affiliation

Co-recipient of the 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is the Regius Professor of Economics at LSE, European Studies Professor at the University of Cyprus and Chairman of the Council of National Economy of the Republic of Cyprus. Between 1999 and 2007, he was director of CEP’s macroeconomics research programme; and he is now Chairman of the new Centre for Macroeconomics at LSE.

Title

Tough choices for a troubled euro

Summary /
Abstract

Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides was once a passionate believer in the benefits of European monetary union. He now thinks that either the euro should be dismantled or the direction of economic policy dramatically reversed so as to promote growth and jobs and avoid creating a lost generation of educated young people.

Keywords

Euro, monetary union, inflation, growth, unemployment

URL

http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp409.pdf

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