Business Euroskeptics: British industry on economic and monetary union, 1978–1999
本文利用英国工业联合会档案，研究1978至1999年间英国企业界对欧洲经济与货币联盟态度的演变，发现制造商支持单一货币的程度随宏观经济环境变化，这有助于理解英国脱欧等当代事件。
This article examines the ways British business viewed economic and monetary union – from proposals to create an EMS in 1978 and Britain’s initial support for the system, through the Single Market Program during which Britain joined and then crashed out of the ERM, to the introduction of the euro on the continent – but not in Britain – in 1999. Drawing evidence from the archival records of the Confederation of British Industry, this article finds British manufacturer support for the single currency increased when macroeconomic circumstances presented monetary integration as a means of accessing the Single European Market. These findings demonstrate the conflicting appeal of regional market integration but skepticism of monetary integration for British industry and contextualize contemporary developments like Brexit and ongoing debates about the future of Britain – and British businesses’ – relationship to the EU.