Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
1“If the euro fails, Europe fails”
2From the origins to Maastricht
3How it all works
4Build-up to a crisis
5Trichet’s test
6Super Mario
7The changing balance of power
8In, out, shake it all about
9Democracy and its discontents
10How the euro spoilt any other business
11Europe’s place in the world
12After the storm
Notes
Appendices
1Timeline
2Treaties, regulations and pacts
3Further reading
4How The Economist saw it at the time
Index