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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Introduction: Portuguese Economic Development and External Funding in the Modern Era -- Nuno Cunha Rodrigues and Alice Cunha -- 1. Portugal and the Marshall Plan -- Maria Fernanda Rollo -- 2. Financing the Portuguese Democracy: The International Monetary Fund and Other Creditors (1975-1979) -- Luciano Amaral -- 3. The IMF Intervention Process in Portugal between 1983 and 1985 -- João Zorrinho -- 4. The European Communities Pre-accession Aid to Portugal: A Dynamic Process -- Paulo Alves Pardal -- 5. The IMF in Portugal, 2011-2014: An Economic and Political Analysis -- Joaquim Ramos Silva -- 6. The Impact of the 2011 Troika Intervention in Portugal on the National Legal Framework -- Nuno Cunha Rodrigues -- 7. EU Funds and Taxation: Lessons from Portugal in Times of Covid -- Guilherme Waldemar d'Oliveira Martins and Joana Graça Moura -- 8. The International Monetary and Financial System and the Right to Assistance from the International Monetary Fund -- José Renato Gonçalves -- Conclusion: External Funding and Portugal's Unstable Development -- Ricardo Paes Mamede -- The Editors and Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

Introduction -- Part I -- Pay-as-you-go Versus Funded Pension Plans: Which Way to Better Address Common Challenges in the EU? -- Old-Age Pension Systems: Characterization and Comparability -- What's New in the Debate About Pay-as-you-go Versus Funded Pensions? -- The Role of the Government in Creating or Enhancing the Access to Funded or Unfunded Pensions in the Modern Welfare State -- The Coverage of Occupational and Personal Pension Plans -- Sustainability and Adequacy of Pension Systems Across the OECD: Shocks, Robustness and Policies -- Part II -- The Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the Future of Pension Plans: Opportunities, Risks and Drawbacks -- The Capital Markets Union: Saving for Retirement and Investing for Growth -- Sustainable Pensions for European Citizens: How to Close the Gap? -- Welfare Gains from a Capital Market Union with Capital-Funded Pensions -- SeLFIES for Portugal: An Innovative Pan European Retirement Solution -- The Pan-European Pension Product and the Capital Markets Union: A Way to Enhance and Complete the Economic and Monetary Union? -- The Final PEPP or How to Kill an Important EU Commission Proposal -- Deepening Financialization Within the EU: Consequences for Pension Regimes -- Part III -- Pension Plans and the European Pillar of Social Rights: A New Scope for the EU Social Policy? -- Pensions at a Crossroad Between Social Rights and Financial Markets: Which Way to Be Chosen? -- From Paris to Lisbon: The Ever-Changing European Social Policy Landscape -- Pension Reforms After the Crisis: Bringing Adequacy Back in the Domestic and EU Policy Equation? -- How to Best Address Pension Adequacy and Financial Sustainability in the Context of Population Ageing: The Labour Market as a Key Determinant -- Pensions in the Fluid EU Society: Challenges for (Migrant) Workers

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 General Observations -- 1.2 The Structure of the Book -- Part I: Brexit's General Effects: The Future of the European Integration Process -- 2: Brexit: Origins and Future Perspectives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 May and Trump Versus Thatcher and Reagan -- 2.3 The Roots of Brexit and "Trumpism" -- 2.4 Brexit's Economic and Political Rationale and Consequences -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3: Brexit and the European Union in the Context of Globalization -- References -- 4: Brexit and the Future of the EU: Move Back or Move Forward? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Constitutional Significance of Brexit -- 4.3 European Citizenship -- 4.4 Economic Integration -- 4.5 Mobility of Workers -- 4.6 Financial Markets -- 4.7 The European Social Model -- 4.8 The Euratom Problem -- 4.9 The Praxis of International Trade -- 4.10 Conclusions -- References -- 5: Brexit and the Risk of European Disintegration -- 5.1 A Domestic Issue -- 5.2 Scepticism as a European Pattern -- 5.3 The EU's Reaction to the Referendum -- 5.4 The Difficult Process of Leaving the EU -- 5.5 The European Union at a Crossroads -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- 6: A Qualitative Change in the Process of European Integration -- 6.1 Introduction: Why Brexit Means British Exit from the European Union -- 6.2 The UK Voted and Decided to Leave the EU Altogether -- 6.2.1 The UK's Democratic Process to Leave the EU and the Single Market -- 6.2.2 A Closer Look at the 2017 ("Brexit") General Elections and Lessons for the EU -- 6.3 Brexit: Withdrawal from the EU -- 6.4 The UK's Short-Term National Interests Versus the EU Common Good -- 6.4.1 Available Options for a Post-Brexit Trade Relationship