Stagnation Versus Growth in Europe: Capitalism in the 21st Century

This book explores the debate on the policies required to overcome the crises of 2008 and 2011, in which the focus on short—term measures has overshadowed the need to analyze the low growth rate in the European Union, and especially the Eurozone, as the basis for interventions that will counteract the tendency toward stagnation. Factors that lie at the root of the low growth are examined in depth, covering, for example, the impact of the demographic trend toward an aging population in Europ...