Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 June 2016

Can Greece shake off its political passivity? (Vassilis Petsinis, ECFR)

The public mood in Greece has gone through three stages since January 2015: optimism, agony, and passivity. The first stage, optimism, corresponds to the first months after Syriza’s victory in the elections of January 2015, when a positive turn for Greece seemed possible in spite of the critical situation in the country. The second stage, agony, was the period after the July 2015 referendum, when anxieties were high about a potential Grexit (if not Graccident), if the negotiations between Athens and the creditors were to end in a deadlock. The third stage refers to the state of widespread apathy that seems to characterise a considerable chunk of the Greek electorate after the compromise on a Third Memorandum and the victory of the coalition of Syriza and the Independent Greeks in the September 2015 elections

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

In Search of Alternatives. Greece between European Frustration and Russian Temptation (Julian Rappold, DGAP)

Tensions over the debt crisis have led to a loss of respect for the EU in Greece. But does Russia offer any kind of alternative to the “austerity directive” coming from Brussels? The Tsipras government's initial efforts to forge closer links with Moscow have not paid off. Crucially, Russia is unable – and unwilling – to offer Greece financial support, but it is all too glad to mobilize Greek sympathy. The EU should listen carefully to the discussion about Russia’s influence on Greece.

https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/search-alternatives

Saturday, 5 September 2015

The Foundations of Greece’s Failed Economy (Project-Syndicate)

Too many politicians and economists blame austerity – urged by Greece’s creditors – for the collapse of the Greek economy. But the data show neither marked austerity by historical standards nor government cutbacks severe enough to explain the huge job losses. What the data do show are economic ills rooted in the values and beliefs of Greek society.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/foundation-of-greeces-failed-economy-by-edmund-s--phelps-2015-09

Tuesday, 21 July 2015

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Greece’s Imperfect Imperative (Lucrezia Reichlin, Elias Papaioannou, Richard Portes, Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greece-deal-reforms-fiscal-consolidation-by-lucrezia-reichlin-et-al-2015-07

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Greece: The Hardest Month (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/kahn/2015/07/20/greece-the-hardest-month/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Germany, Greece, and the Future of Europe (Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greek-debt-crisis-creditor-approach-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2015-07

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Europe’s Vindictive Privatization Plan for Greece (Yanis Varoufakis, Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greece-privatization-plan-public-assets-by-yanis-varoufakis-2015-07