The euro crisis is one of those topics you need to have an opinion on, lest a pub conversation take a series turn and leave you mute and embarrassed.
Unfortunately, global economics is not a topic many of us have much time to tuck into properly – and there’s no shame in that.
The ‘… For Dummies’ series – those of the bright yellow covers we still somehow associate with IT nightmares – have decided to step into the breach with their latest title The Euro Crisis For Dummies.
Written by UK financial expert Julian Knight, the book does what it says on the tin: makes the world’s latest fiscal disaster seem a little less scary (as a subject at least) by explaining, in simple terms, what it’s all about, how it happened and what just might happen next.
But if, like us, you’re less of a Euro Crisis dummy and more of a complete Euro Crisis numbskull, you might want to click on the gallery below where we’ve taken the ten most salient points from the book and made them even easier to digest.