Alberto Alesina: 3 books

A provocative argument that unless Europe takes serious action soon, its economic and political decline is unavoidable, and a clear statement of the steps Europe must take before it's too late. Unless Europe takes action soon, its further economic and political decline is almost inevitable,...

Currency Unions reviews the traditional case for flexible exchange rates and "countercyclical"—that is, expansionary during recessions and contractionary in booms—monetary policy, and shows how flexible exchange rate regimes can better insulate the economy from such real disturbances...

Il merito, non il censo. Il libero mercato, non le lobby. I diritti del cittadino, non lo spreco di denaro pubblico. Senza meritocrazia le professioni si tramandano ai figli come titoli nobiliari, senza concorrenza il consumatore è ricattato dai grandi monopoli, senza controlli i «fannulloni» continuano...