The Trouble with Markets is now fully updated and expanded to include a major new chapter on The Trouble with the Euro based on the winning entry in the Wolfson Economics Prize. On Thursday the 5th of July 2012, Roger Bootle was awarded the first ever Wolfson Prize for Economics; the second largest in Economics after the Nobel. In the Wolfson essay, Bootle looks at a hypothetical break-up of the Eurozone, and the potential ramifications thereof - not only would the EU benefit from an orderly break-up in the long term, he argues, but it may be the only thing capable of lifting us out of the current economic crisis. In this completely updated edition of this prescient and widely acclaimed book, Roger Bootle extends his analysis to include the current sovereign debt crisis, the plight of the euro, the intensity of the squeeze on public spending and consumer incomes, and the boom in commodity prices and gold. Bootle lays out a plan for reform of the financial system and a strategy to get us out of the current mess. And he highlights a course for investors to steer us through these choppy waters.