The actual game is flashy (with catchy music too), but at its core very simple indeed: you simply adjust interest rates to keep inflation under control. That’s it. You needn’t worry about the deficits of Eurozone member states, global economic recession, debt servicing, or a contagious lack of confidence among European bondholders—apparently, that’s all fine. You certainly don’t need to worry about massive bail-outs, European crisis meetings, the IMF, or Greek and Italian domestic politics. Every year, your expert group of European Central Bank officials (pictured below) stand ready to offer you advice.

From the look of them, that may explain something about the current Eurozone crisis…