The Euro: And its Threat to the Future of Europe

Can the Euro be saved? Should it be?Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe – arguing that economic stagnation is a direct result of the Euro’s flawed birth, demolishing the champions of austerity and offering solutions that can rescue the continent from further devastation.’Stiglitz could hardly have timed The Euro better … one of those economists with a rare ability to help readers understand complex ideas’ Philip Aldrick, The Times’Original, hard-hitting … Much more than a demolition job. These chapters are full of constructive proposals’ Martin Sandbu, Financial Times’Terrific and clarifying’ Peter Goodman, The New York Times’Coolly analytical … he is surely right: without a radical overhaul of its workings, the Euro seems all but certain to fail’ Economist