The End of the Euro begins with an overview of the birth of the euro itself. Understanding this history is essential to understand the anomalies built into the project from the beginning. These anomalies form the subject of chapter two, along with how they led to the situation that turned Greece, Portugal, and Spain into euro-destroying economic disaster areas. Chapter three shows how this was not an unforeseeable situation, as Europe’s history is filled with earlier failed attempts to build monetary unions. Chapter four is focused on Germany, by far the most important country within EMU, and why the chances of Germany leaving the union are much higher than is generally assumed. The book concludes with an analysis of what lies in wait for the remains of the monetary union — and for a deeply divided and troubled continent in general. Either the EMU transforms itself fundamentally or it disintegrates.
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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE END OF THE EURO:
"Johan Van Overtveldt is a consistently insightful and incisive writer and I await each of his books with real anticipation." —Tyler Cowen, The Marginal Revolution blog
"[Johan Van Overtveldt's] analysis of the consequences for the euro project is compelling. I hope politicians will read this book before they try to put the European project back together." —Anil Kashyap, Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
"The End of the Euro is a must for all those wondering whether the euro is heading for abyss or salvation. It succinctly analyzes the causes of the euro crisis...Read history while it is unfolding." —Derk Jan Eppink, member of the Economic Monetary Committee of the European Parliament
"Johan Van Overtveldt’s account is essential reading for anyone wishing to grasp the root causes of the eurozone crisis...Looking ahead, his prediction is as bold as it is pertinent: unless the euro replicates the stability of the deutschmark, it will be Germany that finally turns out the lights on the single currency." —Mats Persson, director of the London-based think tank Open Europe
"A whole generation of Europeans has found comfort in the idea that economic cooperation has overruled the pull of power politics and even some basic laws of economics. This book forcefully squashes that illusion. A must-read!” —Jonathan Holslag, research fellow at the Brussels Free University
PRAISE FOR JOHAN VAN OVERTVELDT'S BERNANKE'S TEST:
"Here at last is a book about the US Federal Reserve that is neither impossibly technical nor populist. The author is obviously extremely familiar with the American financial and political scene." —Samuel Brittan, Financial Times, February 22, 2009
"A timely study that will help readers interpret the headlines, though it offers little comfort to those hoping for a quick solution to the present mess." —Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2009
"Anyone who wants to understand the role of the Fed in the current crisis will find this an accessible primer." —Publishers Weekly, February 22. 2009
"Johan Van Overtveldt is a consistently insightful and incisive writer and I await each of his books with real anticipation." —Tyler Cowen, The Marginal Revolution blog
PRAISE FOR JOHAN VAN OVERTVELDT'S THE CHICAGO SCHOOL:
"This is an admirably detailed and thoroughly welcome history of a great centre of economic thought." —The Economist, June 23, 2007
"Overtveldt is at his best in his depiction of the ruthless yet stimulating internal culture of the department during these years...Rather than quench debate, Overtveldt argues that for those who could withstand the pressure, the intellectual hazing helped hone their economic analyses." —Kim Phillips-Fein, Chicago Tribune, June 25, 2007
"Its exploration of the interaction between institution and idea is unique and fascinating." —Publishers Weekly, March 26, 2007
"A landmark in the history of economic thought." —Tyler Cowen, The Marginal Revolution blog, June 5, 2007
About the Author
Johan Van Overtveldt is the editor in chief and managing director of Trends, Belgium's leading weekly on business and economics. He has published several books in Dutch and contributes to The Wall Street Journal Europe and other publications. Also the author of Bernanke's Test and The Chicago School, he lives in Brussels.
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As the economic crisis in Europe reverberates from country to country, you might wonder how it will all end. Belgian journalist Johan Van Overtveldt says it inevitably will end in tears. The title of his book may give away the author's conclusion, but, before he convinces you of his prognostication, he carefully lays out the reasons for the founding of the European Union and explains how well-intentioned but shortsighted politicians set a plan in motion that was doomed from the start. He spares no one in his scathing assessment of the mishandling of the crisis that began in 2009, but he assigns particular fault to European leaders' inability to put aside nationalist interests for the sake of the union. If you wish to understand more deeply what's happening to the euro, getAbstract recommends reading this sobering but realistic appraisal of Europe's present and future.
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The book is a good Euro Primer from a respected European journalist. It certainly educates in easily readable prose of the Euro s origins, its governance weaknesses, regional political rivalries, mainly between Germany and France, and a forecast as to how it all might end. It gives a Europeans' view of all these goings on, which to an American, is illuminating. Recommended.
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The Author presents a strong case for the impossibility of the common currency procect.
Most of the dire predictions from economists like Bernard Conolly is now comming to surface.
To save the Euro is a flawed idea. Its like trying to save the cancer (Euro) instead of saving the patient (the European people)
The peoples of Europe can do well without the Euro, even as it will take some and blood to get rid of it. But the Euro long term is lethal for the future of Europe.
Most of the dire predictions from economists like Bernard Conolly is now comming to surface.
To save the Euro is a flawed idea. Its like trying to save the cancer (Euro) instead of saving the patient (the European people)
The peoples of Europe can do well without the Euro, even as it will take some and blood to get rid of it. But the Euro long term is lethal for the future of Europe.
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