Sean O'Grady
Sean O'Grady has been economics editor of The Independent since 2007. He was previously assistant editor and a leader writer at the paper. He has also worked in the House of Commons, the City and for the BBC.
Sources and authors
By Sean O'Grady
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Strauss-Kahn affair
Who said Europe should run the IMF?
20 May 20112The Independent London -
Single currency
The day the euro died
3 December 20102The Independent London -
Economic crisis
Angry Europe takes to the street
24 February 20102The Independent London
In the wake of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s catastrophic fall from grace, the International Monetary Fund is looking for a new chief. But would a European really be up to the job solving the eurozone’s enduring troubles? 
Could Europe’s currency fall? And if it did, what would happen? Sean O’Grady, economics editor of London daily The Independent imagines a fatal day in the future when member states will say No. 
Amidst layoffs and gloomy predictions that Europe’s recovery from recession has stalled, the continent is faced with an unprecedented wave of industrial action. From Dublin to Athens protestors are resisting budget cuts and wage-reductions drives.