The World Economy Towards Global Disequilibrium: American-Asian Indifference and European Fears

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-4
The World Has Changed: Wake Up, Europe!....Pages 5-7
Fifty Years Ago … Until a Few Years Ago....Pages 8-13
Thirty Years from Now … If Everything Continues as It Has in the Last Five Years....Pages 14-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The American Grasshopper, the Chinese Ant, the Russian Eagle and the European Sleeping Beauty....Pages 25-28
How Long Can the European Beauty Keep Sleeping: Maastricht and Lisbon together or Maastricht Alone … For Ever and Ever. Amen?....Pages 29-60
World Growth, Trade, Real and Financial Imbalances, the International Monetary System and Exchange Rates: A Global Vision....Pages 61-87
Does a Positive Sum Game that Makes Everyone Better Off Really Exist? The Risks and Temptations from the Myopic and Egoistic Viewpoints of Individual Continents and Countries....Pages 88-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Financial Equilibrium and Higher Growth: An Analysis of Expenditure Items with the Purpose of Appraising Where to Find and Where to Shift Resources....Pages 277-288
A Policy Mix to Re-Launch Growth under Conditions of Structural Equilibrium in Public Finance....Pages 289-294
A Strategy of Structural Policies for Competitiveness and Growth....Pages 295-307
Back Matter....Pages 308-348