Workaway: The Human Costs of Europe’s Common Labour Market

Part I A New Approach -- 1 Belaboured Europe -- Seeing Like A Market -- State Of Opinion -- State Of The (labour) Union -- Moving Forward -- Try Harder -- Try Something New -- Chapter Overview -- Conclusion -- 2 The Uniqueness Of Labour -- Human Costs -- Unequal Exchange -- The Cost Of Distance -- Integration And Indifference -- Conclusion 3 An Optimum Labour Area? -- Optimum Currency Areas -- Adjustments Within A Currency Area -- Common Labour Areas -- An Optimum Labour Area -- Policy Autonomy -- Social Models -- Mobility -- A Suboptimum Labour Area -- Conclusion -- Part Ii Starting Points -- 4 From The Beginning -- Broader International Context -- Three Reports From The Front Of European Integration -- Problems Of Economic Union -- The Group Of Experts -- The European Labour Movement -- Conclusion -- 5 A Multitude Of Labour Markets -- Some Marketable Differences -- Development Needs -- Stabilization Needs External Sensitivities -- Social Models -- Conclusion -- Part Iii Adjustment Mechanisms -- 6 The Demise Of Member State Policy Autonomy -- Development -- Infant Industry Protections -- Procurement Policy -- Regulatory Policy -- Stabilization -- Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy -- Conclusion -- 7 Europe To The Rescue? -- Europe's Fractured Regulatory Floor -- The Promise Of A European Budget -- The European Budget In Practice -- Union Revenues -- Union Expenditures -- Cohesion Policy -- Macroeconomic Stabilization -- The Covid-19 Response -- Safety Nets -- The Recovery Plan -- Conclusion 8 Money And People On The Move -- Labour Mobility -- Cross-border Movers -- Posted Workers -- Long-term Movers -- Post-crisis Mobility -- Capital Markets -- Markets For Money -- The Great Recession -- Conclusion -- Part Iv Results -- 9 The Power Of Labour -- The Slow Decline Of Labour -- The Decline In European Labour Power -- Labour Share -- Union Density -- Bargaining Coverage -- Disruption -- What Is To Be Done? -- Unequal Partners -- Works Councils -- Collective Wage Bargaining -- Minimum Wages -- Conclusion -- 10 Reducing Workaway -- Looking Back -- Strengthening Autonomy -- Strengthening Community. Jonathon W. Moses. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.