Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-229) and index.

chapter 1 The Left and the Euro / PHILIP WHYMAN -- chapter 2 The Great Debate: The Labour Party and European Integration / ANDY MULLEN -- part Part I The Economics of a Single Currency -- chapter 3 Economic consequences of EMU for Britain / JONATHAN MICHIE -- chapter 4 What Type of European Monetary Union? / MALCOLM SAWYER -- chapter 5 Economic Performance and the Euro / JANET BUSH -- chapter 6 The euro: an outsider's perspective / PAUL ORMEROD -- chapter 7 The ECB in Theory and Practice / MARK BAIMBRIDGE -- chapter 8 The left must wake up Europe isn�t working / LARRY ELLIOTT -- chapter 9 A Post-Keynesian Strategy for the UK Economy / PHILIP WHYMAN -- part Part II Employment and Social Aspects of EMU -- chapter 10 The European social model: myth or reality? / BRIAN BURKITT -- chapter 11 Voting no the euro and Labour voters / MATTHEW MCGREGOR -- chapter 12 What Future in the European Union? / JOE MARINO -- chapter 13 Hooked to the Falling Stars / DOUG NICHOLLS -- chapter 14 A Safe European Home? / BILLY HAYES -- chapter 15 British Trade Unions and EMU: Natural Supporters or Conflicting Interests? / PHILIP WHYMAN -- chapter 16 The European Social Model: Between a Rock and a Hard Place? / MATTHEW WATSON -- part Part III Sovereignty and Political Determination -- chapter 17 How the Euro Threatens the Well-being of the Planet and its People / MOLLY SCOTT CATO -- chapter 18 EMU and British Sovereignty / BRIAN BURKITT -- chapter 19 Euro Versus the People / AUSTIN MITCHELL MP -- chapter 20 The establishment of a Commonwealth of Europe THE RT HON TONY BENN -- chapter 21 Fighting against federalism RT HON THE LORD SHORE OF STEPNEY PC -- chapter 22 Rediscovering Progressive Economic Policy Outside EMU / PHILIP WHYMAN.