As a rule, political economists of the present day do not take the trouble to study the history of money; it is much easier to imagine it and deduce the principles of this imaginary knowledge Alaxander del Mar, A History of monetary systems (1901)

BDI

An intriguing 1996 report from the BDI, outlining the official position of German Industrialists on the Euro and the Euripean Monetary Union (unofficial English translation).