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).