The endless eurozone crisis, where do we stand? a classical-kaleckian overview
Journal title STUDI ECONOMICI
Author/s Sergio Cesaratto
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2012/107
Language English Pages 29 P. 35-63 File size 557 KB
DOI 10.3280/STE2012-107002
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It is not easy to untangle the logic that in the past led to creation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and that is currently guiding the prevailing Eurozone (EZ) policies. Although lacking the right institutions, which can be seen as the ultimate root of its crisis, the ten years of the EMU could be celebrated in 2008 with some fanfare. The EMU even seemed a success, judged from the point of view of imbalanced growth of some peripheral countries that masked its deflationary stance. This imbalanced growth was the proximate cause of the EZ financial crisis. In the paper we shall review the main causes of the EZ financial crisis, interpreted as a balance of payments crisis; the role of the European payment system TARGET 2 in buffering its violent blast; the Classical-Kaleckian rationale of the German malevolent mercantilism; the inadequate EZ policy measures to respond to the crisis; possible alternative solutions. Unfortunately, rather than pushing towards the creation of a different set of European institutions, the prevailing crisis resolution philosophy resembles a late vindication of the original deflationary Euro-bias.
Keywords: European Monetary Union, financial crisis, Germany, neomercantilism, sudden stops, TARGET 2
Jel codes: E11, E12, E42, E58, F32, F33, F34, F36, N24
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Sergio Cesaratto, The endless eurozone crisis, where do we stand? a classical-kaleckian overview in "STUDI ECONOMICI " 107/2012, pp 35-63, DOI: 10.3280/STE2012-107002