Thomas Mayer is Senior Fellow at the Center of Financial Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt and Senior Advisor to Deutsche Bank’s management and key clients. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and Head of Deutsche Bank Research. He has previously held positions at Goldman Sachs and the International Monetary Fund.

• List of Charts, Tables and Textboxes; Introduction; 1. A Question of War and Peace; 2. No Longer a Question of War and Peace; 3. A History of Failures; 4. The Euro’s Happy Childhood and Its Abrupt End; 5. A Crisis of Legitimacy; 6. A (Hidden) Balance-of-Payments Crisis; 7. Forward or Backward?; 8. In Search of a Lender of Last Resort; 9. The Politics of Euro Rescue; 10. A New Foundation for EMU; 11. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index

‘Thomas Mayer, who was until recently the chief economist at Deutsche Bank Group, is both a strong defender and critic of the single currency. He insists that the repairs so far proposed for the euro do not yet add up to a comprehensive strategy for reinforcing the currency’s foundations. He puts forward his own remedy [...] [He has] produced analyses and conclusions written with a clear eye.’ —Stewart Fleming, ‘European Voice’

Thomas Mayer is Senior Fellow at the Center of Financial Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt and Senior Advisor to Deutsche Bank’s management and key clients. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and Head of Deutsche Bank Research. He has previously held positions at Goldman Sachs and the International Monetary Fund.

• List of Charts, Tables and Textboxes; Introduction; 1. A Question of War and Peace; 2. No Longer a Question of War and Peace; 3. A History of Failures; 4. The Euro’s Happy Childhood and Its Abrupt End; 5. A Crisis of Legitimacy; 6. A (Hidden) Balance-of-Payments Crisis; 7. Forward or Backward?; 8. In Search of a Lender of Last Resort; 9. The Politics of Euro Rescue; 10. A New Foundation for EMU; 11. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index

‘Thomas Mayer, who was until recently the chief economist at Deutsche Bank Group, is both a strong defender and critic of the single currency. He insists that the repairs so far proposed for the euro do not yet add up to a comprehensive strategy for reinforcing the currency’s foundations. He puts forward his own remedy [...] [He has] produced analyses and conclusions written with a clear eye.’ —Stewart Fleming, ‘European Voice’

Thomas Mayer is Senior Fellow at the Center of Financial Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt and Senior Advisor to Deutsche Bank’s management and key clients. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and Head of Deutsche Bank Research. He has previously held positions at Goldman Sachs and the International Monetary Fund.

• List of Charts, Tables and Textboxes; Introduction; 1. A Question of War and Peace; 2. No Longer a Question of War and Peace; 3. A History of Failures; 4. The Euro’s Happy Childhood and Its Abrupt End; 5. A Crisis of Legitimacy; 6. A (Hidden) Balance-of-Payments Crisis; 7. Forward or Backward?; 8. In Search of a Lender of Last Resort; 9. The Politics of Euro Rescue; 10. A New Foundation for EMU; 11. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index

‘Thomas Mayer, who was until recently the chief economist at Deutsche Bank Group, is both a strong defender and critic of the single currency. He insists that the repairs so far proposed for the euro do not yet add up to a comprehensive strategy for reinforcing the currency’s foundations. He puts forward his own remedy [...] [He has] produced analyses and conclusions written with a clear eye.’ —Stewart Fleming, ‘European Voice’