As the Founding President of the European Monetary Institute, the predecessor of the European Central Bank, Alexandre Lamfalussy (1929-2015) was one of the fathers of the euro. Moreover, as a central banker and, before that, as a Commercial banker, he lived through several financial crises. As an academic economist, he always tried to put policy problems in a broader analytical framework, often turning into a Cassandra. This book offers a selection of his essays, from his first article in 1953 to his last essay in 2014.