Tales from a Crisis
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Tales from a Crisis

Diverging Narratives of the Euro Area

Henrik Müller, Giuseppe Porcaro and Gerret Von Nordheim
Bruegel, 2018
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Reporting from respected European newspapers on the 2008 financial crisis offers rich and varied perspectives on the reasons for and responses to the economic turmoil in the euro zone. Researchers Henrik Müller, Giuseppe Porcaro and Gerret Von Nordheim studied these media accounts to gauge how diverse national viewpoints affect the European Union’s capacity to devise solutions palatable to the entire area. The results of their examination are both insightful and disturbing. getAbstract recommends this innovative and engaging analysis to regulators and policy experts.

Summary

The Great Recession affected the euro zone’s members in dramatically different ways. Spain’s economy suffered the collapse of its housing bubble. Labor markets’ structural fault lines came to the fore in France and Italy, while Germany’s dependence on exports brought about a sharp contraction. Yet economic analyses directed at fortifying European Union institutions typically pay scant attention to the diverse public opinion that arises from the countries’ dissimilar experiences. Nation-centric bias characterizes mass-media commentaries, so public debate about reforms takes place on a country level. Europe...

About the Authors

Henrik Müller is a professor at Dortmund University, where Gerret von Nordheim is a researcher. Giuseppe Porcaro is the head of communications at Bruegel.

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