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ISBN10: 007183057X | ISBN13: 9780071830577

Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
PART I The Euro: The Early Years 1
Chapter 1 The Premature Celebration 3
Chapter 2 The Birth of the Euro:A Grand Political Bargain 13
Chapter 3 The Euro’s Honeymoon Years 33
Chapter 4 The Euro Crisis:Waves of Escalating Tension 49
PART II European Integration: The Difficult Path 73
Chapter 5 The Big Choice:More or Less Integration? 75
Chapter 6 The Revenge of Realpolitik:Europe’s Dilemma 83
Chapter 7 An Involuntary Gold Standard:The Economics of Infl exibility 99
Chapter 8 Where’s the Growth?:The Cost of Deflation 109
Chapter 9 Europe’s Political Fragility:The Seeds of the Next Crisis 123
PART III The Mechanics and Implications of Breakup 141
Chapter 10 When a Currency Splinters 143
Chapter 11 The Devil’s Guide to a Eurozone Breakup 153
Chapter 12 What’s the Worst-Case Scenario? 163
Chapter 13 Who Should Stay and Who Should Go?:The Economics of Exit 175
PART IV The Future Euro: Investment Implications 191
Chapter 14 Europe at the Center:Europe’s Effect on Global Financial Markets 193
Chapter 15 A Road Map for the Future Euro 203
Afterword 221
Data Appendix:The Breakdown of Eurozone Debts 227
Bibliography 229
Notes 235
Index 249
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