TY - BOOK AU - Marsh,David TI - The euro: the politics of the new global currency SN - 9780300176742 (pbk) AV - HG 930.5 M365e 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New Haven, Conn., London : PB - Yale University Press KW - Dinero KW - Países de la Unión Europea KW - Historia KW - Euro KW - Política monetaria N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the story of the euro -- Blood and gold -- At the epicentre -- Tyranny of the mark -- The coming trial -- Shock waves -- Europe's destiny -- Coping with imbalance -- The reckoning N2 - In this new, fully revised and updated edition, Marsh tells how complancency and recklessness have holed the Euro below the waterline, with Greece, Ireland and Portugal rescued from ruin via hastily assembled bail-out packages, amid rising resentment among countries and electorates bearing the cost. With the aid of copious interviews and previously untold stories, Marsh chronicles the monetary union'a rise and fall and asks: where now for the Euro? ER -