Matthias Matthijs, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and author of Ideas and Economic Crises (Routledge)

Mark Blyth, Professor of Political Science, Brown University and author of Austerity (Oxford University Press) and Great Transformations (Cambridge University Press)

"[A] coherent collection of essays by a group of political economists... the contributions also shatter some complacent assumptions about the EU." --Times Literary Supplement

"This is a very timely book. The authors of this collection of essays are world class researchers. They provide us with an exhaustive analysis of the necessary political steps to be undertaken to make the Eurozone sustainable in the long run. There is still a long way to go. In this exciting book we learn what this road will look like." -- Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy, London School of Economics

"A vital contribution-if you want to understand the challenges at the heart of Europe's continuing crisis, put yourself in the hands of this dream-team of experts. Matthijs and Blyth have crafted a volume that is both timely and essential." -- Jonathan David Kirshner, Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy, Cornell University

"The book provides the theoretical background a careful insight into the earlier forms of a monetary union in history with short and concise representations." -- Cezmi Dispinar