This paper examines whether the Big Three credit rating agencies actually played as active a role in the Euro Crisis as …

1. Introduction : the euro challenge seen from emerging markets -- 2. Reframing the euro vs. dollar debate -- 3. The … material limits of the euro challenge to the dollar -- 4. The alternative of the euro and the negotiated status of the dollar … -- 5. The euro's ideational challenge to the unipolarity of the dollar -- 6. The Eurozone's monetary power in reforming the …

Macroeconomic adjustment in the euro area periphery was more recessionary than pre-crisis imbalances would have …