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2 December 2011updated 27 Sep 2015 5:37am

Is this the end of the world as we know it?

It's certainly the end of the eurozone as we know it.

By Petros Fassoulas

If there was ever a time for apocalyptic titles, well, this is it. Politicians, journalists, market participants, commentators, academics and pretty much everybody under the sun have engaged in an unofficial competition for who is going to come up with the most depressing prediction of what the not-so-distant-future holds for the eurozone and Europe at large.

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