TY - BOOK AU - Merritt,Giles TI - Slippery slope: Europe's troubled future SN - 9780198757863 (hardcover) AV - JN 30 M572s 2016 U1 - 341.242/2 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - European Union KW - Unión Europea KW - Historia económica KW - Países de la Unión Europea KW - Condiciones económicas N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index; The myths hastening Europe's decline -- The world in 2050 : a glimpse into the future -- Managing the new global economy : Europe's chance to take centre stage -- Europe need not fear Asia's rise -- For Europe, Africa spells trouble and opportunity -- The human factor : not enough jobs, but also not enough workers -- Europe's stuttering efforts to catch up with the digital revolution -- Why 'Brussels' lacks legitimacy, credibility, and even genuine power -- Searching for an exit from the EU's political labyrinth -- Putting some muscle into Europe's 'soft power' -- 'Juncker's curse' : why EU leaders don't deliver on their promises -- No master plan for the EU, but an urgent 'to do' list N2 - A hard-hitting warning that Europe's prospects are gloomy unless Europeans awake from their torpor and embrace the often difficult changes necessary to flourish in the 21st century world. From one of our most influential thinkers on European matters ER -