Making the European monetary union : the role of the Committee of Central Bank Governors and the origins of the European Central Bank / Harold James ; with a foreword by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Introduction: the making of a non-national currency -- A Napoleonic prelude -- The origins of the committee of governors -- The response to global monetary turbulence -- The snake and other animals -- Negotiating the European monetary system -- The malaise of the 1980s -- The Delors committee and the relaunching of Europe -- Designing a central bank -- The EMS crises -- Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors.
