The Icarus Curse: How Western Democracies Derailed and How to Get Back on Track

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• AUTHOR IS A LEADING EXPERT IN THE FIELD: Johan Van Overtveldt served as the minister of finance in Belgium from 20142019, following many years as a leading economic journalist, and now serves in the European Parliament where he focuses on financial and monetary matters across the European Union.
• NECESSARY EXAMINATION of the financial states of Western democracies.
• PRESCIENT ANALYSIS of global economic affairs and the current state of Western economies.
• POTENTIAL FOR PROMOTION WITH AUTHOR APPEARANCES internationally, with think tanks, business groups, NGOs, and corporate audiences.

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Johan Van Overtveldt, PhD, was minister of finance in Belgium from 2014-2019, and now serves as the Chairman of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament, where he focuses on financial and monetary matters across the European Union. A trained academic economist and former journalist, he has published several books in Dutch and contributes to the Wall Street Journal Europe and other publications. He is also the author of The Mystic Hand (Agate, 2022), A Giant Reborn (Agate, 2015), The End of the Euro (Agate, 2011), Bernanke's Test (Agate, 2009), and The Chicago School (Agate, 2007).