If you want to understand how the European Central Bank thinks, you need to understand people like Jürgen Stark, executive board member and its head of economics. The former Bundesbank vice-president has acted as the ECB’s conservative conscience during the crisis. His life story is also insightful - he grew up in Germany in the early years after the second world war and worked with Helmut Kohl, the former chancellor, on German reunification as well as the launch of the euro. I spent some time with him in September, and have written a profile that will appear in tomorrow’s Weekend FT. You can read it here already on ft.com.
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