The Ticking Euro Bomb (Parts 1-4)

Friday, October 7

/ Der Spiegel / Oct 2011

Part 1: How a Good Idea Became a Tragedy

Part 2: How the Euro Zone Ignored Its Own Rules

Parts 3 and 4: What Options Are Left for the Common Currency?

Built on a foundation of debt and trickery, where economic principles were sacrificed to romantic political visions, the Euro has become the world’s most dangerous currency. How the utopian dream of a common currency turned tragic.