The City In Europe And The World

''The City in Europe and the World'' () is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the

City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London fr ...

's financial markets, politics, government, and Europe, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by

Peter Mandelson Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. He was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010. He is the ...

. The book covers topics such as the political economy of the city, the Lisbon strategy, the

Financial Services Action Plan The Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP) is a key component of the European Union's attempt to create a single market for financial services. Created in 1999 and to last for a period of six years, it contained 42 articles related to the harmonis ...

(FSAP), the euro, relations between the city and party politics, PFI,

foreign exchange The foreign exchange market (Forex, FX, or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all as ...

, regulation, ethics, financial exclusion, European expansion,

globalisation Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

and the future of the City in Europe, the book addresses some of the major issues facing today's political economy. It features contributions from Graham Bishop, Alex Brassey, Mario Cerrato,

Patrick Diamond Patrick Diamond worked as a policy advisor under the Labour Party government of the United Kingdom in a role covering policy and strategy. He is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London, co-chair of the think-tank Po ...

, Brendan Donnelly,

Howard Flight Howard Emerson Flight, Baron Flight (born 16 June 1948) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom and a member of the House of Lords Chris Huhne Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne (born 2 July 1954), known as Chris Huhne, is a British energy and climate change consultant and former journalist and politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2005 to 2013 an ...

, Mario Jung,

Angela Knight Angela Ann Knight CBE (born Angela Ann Cook, 31 October 1950) was the chair of the Office of Tax Simplification. She was replaced on 18 March 2019. Previously she was the Chief Executive of Energy UK, the trade association for the energy indus ...

, Agnes Oestrich, Giancarlo Perasso, Alice Rogers, Sanjiv Sachdev, L.V. Spagnolo and Richard Woodward. 2005 non-fiction books Economy of London City of London British books Books about economic history {{econ-hist-book-stub