The Icarus Curse
How Western Democracies Derailed and How to Get Back on Track
Johan Van Overtveldt
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- AUTHOR IS A LEADING EXPERT IN THE FIELD: Johan Van Overtveldt served as minister of finance in Belgium from 2014-2019, 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.
- POTENTIAL FOR PROMOTION WITH AUTHOR APPEARANCES with think tanks, business groups, NGOs, and corporate audiences.
- NECESSARY EXAMINATION of current state of Western democracies, their economies, and how we got to where we are today.
- PRESCIENT ANALYSIS of current global economic affairs with an exploration of potential solutions.
Contributor Bio
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).
