Eurotragedy: a drama in nine acts

Introduction: Europe Ends up Some Place Else

1. Three Leaps in the Dark, 1950-1982

2. Kohl's Euro, 1982-1998

3. Schröder Asserts the German National Interest, 1999-2003

4. Irrational Exuberance, 2004-2007

5. After the Bust, the Denial, 2007-2009

6. Delays and Half Measures: Greece and Ireland in 2010

7. Policy Wounds Leave Scar Tissue, 2011-2013

8. The ECB Hesitates, the Italian Fault Line Deepens, 2014-2017

9. The Final Act: a Declining and Divided Europe

Scenarios: The Future Ain't What it Used to Be

Epilogue.