About the AuthorM. J. Artis is Professor of Economics at the European University Institute, Florence. He is also the editor of The UK Economy 14th edition (OUP, 1996) (formerly Prest and Coppocks The UK Economy).Product DescriptionCovers: the political structure and history of the EU statistical features of the EU and its members the economic theory of preferential trading areas Monetary Union and a European Central Bank the Community Budget the Common Agricultural Policy social policies competition policy industrial policy transport policy environmental policies the problem of regional disparities trade with the rest of the world economic assistance to the developing worldReview`'...a comprehensive account of the economics of the European Union for the intermediate-level student of economics...'' Jnl of Economic Literature, Vol. 36, No.3