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Covering Economic and Monetary Union
Background readings

Fellowship Briefing for Senior Journalists
March 28 - April 5, 1998

 

Section I. EMU Politics

Peter Sutherland, "The Case for EMU: More than Money," Foreign Affairs, January- February 1997

Wolfgang Munchau, "EMU: Political and Economic Implications," Economics Correspondent of the Financial Times, European Programme, November 1997

Robert Levine, "EMU: What is it Doing to Europe?" World Policy Journal, Winter 1997/98

Thomas Kamm, "With Monetary Union Around the Corner, Europe's Doubts Grow," Wall Street Journal, December 29, 1997

"Ready or Not, Here Comes EMU" The Economist, October 11, 1997

Lionel Barber, "Seizing the Moment," EmuNet, March 5, 1998

"From Franc Fort to Frankfurt," The Economist, January 17, 1998

Wim Duisenberg, "Choosing Euro's Boss: The First President of the European Central Bank Should Be the Dutch Candidate," The Economist, January 17, 1998

Timothy Garton Ash, "Europe's Endangered Liberal Order," Foreign Affairs, March-April 1998

"A Small Town in Alsace," Euromoney, August 1997

Mark Austin, "Captain Euro to the Rescue," London Sunday Times, March 1, 1998


Section II. EMU Economics

Charles Jenkins, "Euro Both Deepens and Widens Single Market," European Policy Analyst, 4th quarter 1997

Helene Cooper, "Euro Whets Global Business Appetites," Wall Street Journal, December 3, 1997

"Europe Grows Apart," The Economist, March 7, 1998

Robert Taylor, "Industrial Relations: Unions Look Forward to EMU," Financial Times, October 28, 1997

Samuel Brittan, "Some EMU Surprises," Financial Times, February 5, 1998

Norman McRae, "Will Fudged Friday Stick?," The European, March 2, 1998

Gavin Gray, "If at First You Don't Succeed, Make It Up and Get Top Marks," The European, March 2, 1998

Paul DeGrawe, "Monetary Turmoil," Financial Times, February 20, 1998

Andrew Ross Sorkin, "Change to Euro Currency May Cause Computer Snafu," New York Times, March 9, 1998


Section III. U.S. Perspectives

Speech by Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, "Advent of EMU Means Europeans Must Make Reforms," October 21, 1997

C. Fred Bergstren, "The Dollar and the Euro," Foreign Affairs , July 1997

"Why Non-Europeans should Care About EMU," The Economist, March 29, 1997

Martin and Kathleen Feldstein, "A New Old World," Boston Globe, December 9, 1997

Lester Thurow, "When Dollar's Bill Comes Due," Boston Globe, December 30, 1997

Steven K. Beckner, Interview with FED's William McDonough, "Euro Creation not Likely to Cause Dollar Dumping," economeister.com, January 23, 1998


Section IV. National Cases

"Country Analysis," Princeton Economic Institute

Germany

Roger Boyer, "Challenger to Chancellor Must Pass Euro Test to Win Voters' Trust," London Times, March 2, 1998

Ralph Atkins, "EMU: Bavarian's Premier is Laying Down the Law," Financial Times, February 26, 1998

"Goodbye Federal Europe?" The Economist, November 15, 1997

"What Price EMU?" The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 1998

Professors Wim Kosters, Manfred J.M. Neumann, Renate Ohr, Roland Vaubel and others, "German Economics Professors Convinced 'Orderly Postponement' of Euro Essential," Financial Times, February 9, 1998

"European Backlash," Financial Times , February 9, 1998

France

Roger Bootle, "Fair Stands the Wind for France?" London Sunday Times on-line, February 9, 1998

Great Britain

"Britain's Place in Europe," The Economist, January 3, 1998

"Hopping on the Juggernaut," The Economist, January 3, 1998

Ireland

John Murray Brown, "Ireland: At This Rate EMU is a Mixed Blessing," Financial Times, March 4, 1998

Italy

Paula Hawkins, "How Italy Cooked its Euro Books," The European, January 26, 1998

Spain and Portugal

David White, "Spain and Portugal: Well on the Road to Qualification," Financial Times, September 19, 1997

Denmark

Peter Starck, "Danes Likely to Back EU After Poll," The Daily Telegraph on-line, March 13, 1998

Sweden

Tim Burt, "Stockholm: Facing Corporate Pressure Over Membership," Financial Times, March 3, 1998

Greece

Robert Minto, "Stumbling Towards EMU," Euromoney, December 1997


Section V. EMU History

Economic and Monetary Union, European Union 1996

Martin Dedman, "EMU: First Time Around; Origins of the European Economic and Monetary Union," History Today, January, 1998

 

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