This would have been a duller book had not several editors—William Kristol, Fred Barnes, Richard Starr, and Claudia Anderson at the Weekly Standard; Gerald Marzorati and Alex Star at the New York Times Magazine; and Lionel Barber, Brian Groom, and Gwen Robinson at the Financial Times—let me write about some of the issues and places covered in it. I thank them. I am grateful to my brother-in-law, Jordi Galí, for reading chapter 2; to my European colleagues Paul Brill, Janny Groen, Blandine Grosjean, Michel Gurfinkiel, Lotte Folke Kaarsholm, Jörg and Mariam Lau, and Stuart Reid for generous advice and help; to my agent, Tina Bennett; and to my editors, Kristine Puopolo and Helen Conford. Any mistakes or misjudgments in this book are mine.