European Economic Governance in 2017: A Recovery for Whom?

The article focuses on European economic governance in 2017 and the growth and recovery that the European Commission, amongst others, deployed in 2017. Topics include how European Union (EU) economic policy plays a key role in establishing gendered and racialized hierarchies in the EU, several prominent indicators show a growing economy, with unemployment continuing its downward trajectory, debt low and confidence among the business community high, and the European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in his State of the Union address to the European Parliament, celebrated the recovery and growth, delighting in the fact that growth in the EU has outstripped that of the U.S. for the past two years as of 2018.