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A balanced narrative of European integration from its inception in the postwar period to the present, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the EU. Set in the post-war period, Gilbert concludes by considering the EU's future in light of the crisis that has taken hold in the aftermath of the global recession, the refugee crisis, and Brexit.

The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened. Subprime mortgages have been center stage, but behind the scenes a conspiracy of greed among bankers, investors, rating agencies and regulators has imperiled everyone's financial future. We need to know what went wrong and how to change the practices that led to this calamity. Bloomberg columnist Mark Gilbert shows how Wall Street's tolerance for extremes made the global credit crunch both foreseeable and inevitable. He offers a blow-by.

This article argues that the cases of Italy and the UK suggest that European integration is a contested process and certainly not one that inevitably brings good results. It requires complex national realities to adapt themselves to norms decided collectively at elite level. In hindsight (but not only in hindsight), the UK's political culture, and Italy's political-institutional system, were radically unprepared for the shock of accelerating integration in the 1990s and 2000s.

Abstract
The story of European integration has been transformed by recent scholarship, from a heroic and progressive narrative towards a more nuanced version emphasising interaction between individuals, institutions and Member States – with no pre-defined trajectory. This article reviews the key works which have reshaped the historiography of European integration

Dass die EU es sich einiges kosten lässt, Italien aus der Krise zu helfen, hat gute Gründe. Eine Kette ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied – und in Brüssel weiß man, wer dieses Glied sein könnte. Bricht es, dann hätte das schwerwiegende Folgen. Doch gelingt der Aufschwung, dann könnte das Land rasch zu seiner europäischen Bestimmung zurückfinden – und sogar eine Führungsrolle einnehmen. (IP)

Rome's EU partners depict the Italians as wastrels who need to live within their means. Italians see themselves as the unlucky victims of two generations of bad politicians. (Survival / SWP)