European Economics and Politics in the Midst of the Crisis

1. Introduction
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

Part I. The European Crisis

2. The Evolution and the Current Status of the European Financial Crisis
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

3. The Great European Recession
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

Part II. The Structural Elements of the Crisis

4. The European Suboptimal and Segment Areas
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

5. European Stock Asymmetries
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

6. European Flow Imbalances
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

7. Culture, Institutions and Politics as Crisis Generators
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

Part III. The Policy Response

8. The Growth Lag and Strategic Choices
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

9. Fiscal Policy and Consolidation
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

10. The Supply Side Policies
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

11. Monetary Policy
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

12. The Policy of the European Central Bank
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

13. Restoration of the Banking System and the Banking Deleveraging Process
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

14. The Role of the IMF in the European Evolution
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

Part IV. The Political Economy of European Synthesis and the Medium Future

15. Debates and Choices
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

16. The European Synthesis
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

17. The Medium-Term Future for the World and Europe
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

18. Economy and Politics
Panagiotis E. Petrakis, Pantelis C. Kostis, Dionysis G. Valsamis

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Economic Policy, European Integration, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics, Public Finance & Economics, Development Economics