The Bank by Matt Marshall ***NOW ONLY R59

The Bank by Matt Marshall ***NOW ONLY R59

At the end of the century, the creation of the European Central Bank heralded Europe’s renaissance as a global economic superpower. Possessing greater independence and wider powers than any previous central bank, the ECB governs a currency that circulates among 290 million Europeans and oversees an economic bloc matched only by the U.S. in size and might. Based on his access to key players, journalist Matt Marshall offers a first–hand account of the intrigues and in–fighting surrounding the creation of the ECB. He also provides an authoritative analysis of the Bank’s operations and prospects and of all the related issues of European and global power—financial, economic, and political. Prior to writing this book, Matt Marshall was THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE’s correspondent in Bonn; he also writes for Germany’s DIE ZEIT as well as NEWSWEEK and THE WASHINGTON POST.