00604nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000210001724500430003826000090008152003970009058300190048720260716043307.0 aCosta, Carlos S. aEMU : the benefits outweigh the costs. c1990 aDescribes the EMU as a necessary complement of a stabilized single market, where the generally positive economic effects of economic and monetary union will help resolve some of the complicated problems created by the single market. Politically, it will boost the political influence of smaller countries on monetary and macroeconomic conditions inside the EC and at the international level. c3/7/00kM2LMGR