The End of the Euro: The Uneasy Future of the European Union

The Author presents a strong case for the impossibility of the common currency procect.Most of the dire predictions from economists like Bernard Conolly is now comming to surface.To save the Euro is a flawed idea. Its like trying to save the cancer (Euro) instead of saving the patient (the European people)The peoples of Europe can do well without the Euro, even as it will take some and blood to get rid of it. But the Euro long term is lethal for the future of Europe.

The book is a good Euro Primer from a respected European journalist. It certainly educates in easily readable prose of the Euro s origins, its governance weaknesses, regional political rivalries, mainly between Germany and France, and a forecast as to how it all might end. It gives a Europeans' view of all these goings on, which to an American, is illuminating. Recommended.

A good overview of the history of the euro. Written by a journalist, it's quite readable. I thought I knew most of the information but I learned a lot. Didn't leave me knowing where the euro is headed, but then no one knows that.

This was a good read about the Euro and how it is not being accepted everywhere. It is a little dense, but if you are interested in seeing why many countries resist incorporating the Euro, it should answer your questions.

I liked the book. I used it to prepare myself for a continuing education class that I taught.I got a good understanding of the problems with EMU that I didn't understand before.No complaints.

Quite informative. Allows the reader to understand the background to the EU and the Euro. Puts current Euro economic environments into perspective. Good work.

This book is very well researched, thoughtful, insightful, and illuminating. I have learned quite a few things that I didn't know prior to reading this book.

This book is short but tell you everything you need to know. Wish more books was like this then all of the other non-sense

This is an excellent book on the Euro crisis. He hits all the right buttons: the Euro area is not an optimal currency area by a long way; previous currency unions without a strong and legitimate central power have collapsed; the crisis is structural, and the solutions have been improvised, and what happens depends on Germany. He concludes that it is probably too late to salvage the Euro. I'm not so sure: see the review in my blog on a series of books on the Euro crisis, in [...]. The title is "A Gaullist Germany".

I live in France and read French and English. This is the best book I have read on the euro in either language.

Eminent Belgian economist Johan Van Overveldt in this excellent book sets out the rationale leading to the founding of the European Union and the move to create a common currency. It is quite clear that the author regards this currency commonization as fundamentally flawed and doomed to failure contending that a collective monetary system must have tight collective adherence in all matters relating to national budgets, taxation, and banking etc. which at present does not happen.This book was published in the wake of the Greek 2010 Bailout since when there has been further problems with this country upon a change in government, wanting to renegotiate the deal which has resulted in yet further Global weakening in confidence in the Euro and thrown it's future into some doubt. And Greece is not the only country struggling to come to terms with the consequences of economic and monetary unification. Very few EU members seem totally committed to put aside national interests for the sake of the union.Mr van Overtveldt is convinced that unless drastic changes are implemented, which he does not believe will happen, then the Euro is doomed which in turn will cast doubts over the future of the current modus operandi of the European Union.It seems that the real economic powerhouse is Germany, through which every decision has to be channelled for approval, putting that country in 'de facto' control of Europe, something that has eluded it's armies in the past.A good, concise, interesting and thought provoking book.