Making the European monetary union the role of the Committee of Central Bank Governors and the origins of the European Central Bank /

James, Harold, 1956-

Making the European monetary union the role of the Committee of Central Bank Governors and the origins of the European Central Bank / Harold James ; with a foreword by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xiv, 567 pages) illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

List of figures -- Foreword / A Napoleonic prelude -- The origins of the committee -- The response to global monetary turbulence : Barre and Werner -- The snake and other animals -- Negotiating the European monetary system -- The malaise of the 1980s -- The Delors committee and the relaunching of the central bank governors -- Designing a central bank -- The EMS crises -- Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors -- Appendix A: The governors' drafts and the treaty text of the statutes of the ECB and EMI -- Appendix B: Members of the committee of governors -- Appendix C: Dramatis personae -- Appendix D: Chronology -- Appendix E: Figures -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. by Mario Draghi --



9780674068087


Economic and Monetary Union.


Monetary unions--European Union countries.
Monetary policy--European Union countries.


Electronic Books.

HG3894 / .M355 2012