Abstract

GUILLEN ROMO, Héctor. Monetary integration, crisis and austerity in Europe. Prob. Des [online]. 2011, vol.42, n.165, pp.113-140. ISSN 0301-7036.

Starting with an analysis of the neoliberal construction of European monetary integration, the Greek economic crisis and the Hayekian-style austerity policies being used to deal with it are analyzed. After theoretically characterizing these policies, the paper analyzes how their generalization in Europe is helping to deepen the European crisis and jeopardizing the recovery of the world economy. Nevertheless, the reason of the crisis is the loss of monetary sovereignty of every country and the financing of the State is sustained across the financial bank and not bank investors.

Keywords : Monetary integration; European crisis; austerity policies; Hayek.