Euro Crash is a unique analysis of the European Monetary Union, arguing that it was not sub-optimal currency areas or profligate government spending but instead fatal flaws in monetary design and an appalling series of policy mistakes by the European Central Bank that lead to the current and ongoing Eurozone crisis.
Table of Content
Foreword; Professor Joseph Salerno 1. Asset Price Inflation – What Do We Know About This Virus? 2. The Franco-German Dollar Union Which Never Took Place 3. How the Virus of Asset Price Inflation Infected EMU 4. How the Deutsche Bundesbank Failed Europe and Germany 5. The Bursting of Europe’s Bubble 6. Guilty Verdict on the European Central Bank 7. From Fed Curse to Merkel-Draghi Coup 8. EMU is Dead, Long Live EMU
About the author
Brendan Brown is a widely followed market economist practising in London, UK. He has authored many books on international financial topics, including monetary problems in the US, Europe and Japan, and asset market pricing (including exchange rates) in a global context. The books cover both contemporary trends and historical topics. He was awarded a Ph D by the London School of Economics and an MBA by the University of Chicago. Dr. Brown is Head of Economic Research and Executive Director at one of the largest Japanese financial institutions. He seeks to apply the teachings of Austrian School economics, distilled with the best of the Chicago tradition, to solving the practical problems of global investment strategy in a world of monetary turmoil. Dr. Brown contributes regularly to Japanese and European financial media.