This volume is a revised version of a 2007 work. Discussion includes the paradigm of a continental economy, an economic overview of the European Union, the EU's historical progression, the theory of supranational macroeconomics, the European Central Bank (theory of optimum currency area revisited), and the Treaty of Lisbon, among other topics. Dutta (economics, Rutgers U.) has a long history of research and writing on various aspects of economic studies; he's founding editor of Journal of Asian Economics; and he has been affiliated with the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies (including co-chairing 24 international conferences). The volume is distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)