LEILA SIMONA TALANI is at King's College London since 2009. She was previously at the University of Bath, at the London School of Economics and at the UN in Cairo. She gained a PhD with Distinction from the European University Institute in Florence in 1998. She is the author of Betting For and Against EMU (Ashgate, 2000); European Political Economy (Ashgate, 2004), Between Growth and Stability (Edward Elgar 2008), Back to Maastricht (CSP 2008), EU and the Balkans (CSP 2008), The Future of EMU (Palgrave, 2009), From Egypt to Europe (I.B.Tauris, 2010).

• Introduction; L.Talani The banking Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Remedies; P.Grauwe The Moral Economy of Money and the Future of European Capitalism; S.Collignon Reconsidering the Role of Ideas in Times of Crisis; E.Jones Challenging the Dollar in International Monetary Relations? The Lost Opportunities of the Euro; H.Plaschke Emerging Markets and the Global Financial Crisis; G.Fazio Europe in the Global Financial Crisis; A.Cafruny The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the City of London: Will the UK Finally Decide to Join EMU?; L.Talani Conclusions: Towards a New Global Financial Regime?; L.Talani