The collection of essays comprising The E.U. Political Economy looks broadly at the E.U.'s federal
system, with particular attention to the states, including the matter of
"Brexit," which refers to the secession of Britain from the Union.
The text then turns more narrowly to the government-debt and banking crisis
that occurred in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008. The backdrop of
federalism is meant to convey the point that weaknesses in that political
system hampered the E.U.'s handing of its states and banks that were in trouble
with debt. Lastly, several essays are presented on some more general aspects of
the E.U.'s political economy. Rather than being heavily theory-oriented, the
essays draw on contemporaneous news reports to quote from practitioners from
business and government.
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