This is an up-to-the-minute analysis of the fate of the euro - and with it, the future of the European Union - by acclaimed Belgium-based economic journalist Johan Van Overtveldt, author of Bernanke's Test and The Chicago School . 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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By:   Johan Van Overtveldt
Imprint:   AGATE PUBLISHING
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 230mm,  Width: 180mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   503g
ISBN:  

9781932841619

ISBN 10:   193284161X
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   February 2012
Audience:   General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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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.

<br>ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE END OF THE EURO <br> 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 <br> [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 <br> 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 <br> Johan Van Overtveldt's account is essential reading for anyone wishing to grasp the root causes of the eurozone crisis...Looking ahead, his prediction ism

<br>Advance praise for The End of the Euro <br> Johan Van Overtveldt is a consistently insightful and incisive writer and<br>I await each of his books with real anticipation. --Tyler Cowen, The Marginal Revolution blog <br> [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 <br> 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 <br> Johan Van Overtveldt's account is essential reading for anyone wishing to grasp the root causes of the eurozone crisis...Looking ahead, his predictionk