The Rotten Heart of Europe

Bernard Connolly

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9780571301751
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Economia
• Subtopic: Economia internazionale

'The Brussels Commission has just suspended its senior economist, Bernard Connolly, for writing a book savaging the prospects for a common currency. There are many who now believe he should be lauded as a prophet.' Observer, Editorial, 1 October 1995

'Mr. Connolly's longstanding proposition that the foisting of a common currency upon so many disparate nations would end in ruin is getting a much wider hearing... ' New York Times, 17 November 2011

When first published in 1995, The Rotten Heart of Europe caused outrage and delight - here was a Brussels insider, a senior EU economist, daring to talk openly about the likely pitfalls of European monetary union.

Bernard Connolly lost his job at the Commission, but his book was greeted as a profound and persuasive expose of the would-be 'monetary masters of the world.' His brave act of defiance became headline news - and his book a major international bestseller.

In a substantial new introduction, Connolly returns to his prophetic account of the double-talk surrounding the efforts of politicians, bankers and bureaucrats to force Europe into a crippling monetary straitjacket. Hidden agendas are laid bare, skulduggery exposed and economic fallacies are skewered, producing a horrifying conclusion. No one who wants to understand the workings of the EU, past, present and future can afford to miss this enthralling and deeply disturbing book.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Landing Page
• Praise
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction to the 2012 edition
• Preface to paperback edition
• Preface to the first edition
• Introduction
• PART ONE
• PART TWO
• PART THREE
• References
• Index
• About the Author
• Copyright