Who's to blame for Greece?
Subtitle: austerity in charge of saving a broken economy
By: Theodore Pelagidis, NR Senior Fellow, Brookings, USA and Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece, Michael Mitsopoulos, Research Coordinator, Hellenic Federation of Enterprizes, Greece
Contributors: Mētsopoulos, Michalēs
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781137549198
Subjects: Economic policy; Politics and government; Monetary policy; Fiscal policy; History
Description: Greece's economy symbolizes in many ways the Eurozone's economic problems and divergent interests as it amasses most of the economic disadvantages characterizing the Eurozone's economy itself. This book presents the economic and political challenges to Greece and the EU member states.--
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The "party period" before the crisis; title: The costs and benefits for joining a common currency with emphasis on weaker member-states; title: Greece before the crisis : the critical years in domestic politics; title: What the imf and EU bodies were reporting for greece during the accession period ('90s) and the 2000-2009 golden years, as well during the implementation of the conditionality program, in particular with respect to the fiscal consolidation policy mix; title: Greece's free fall 2010-2013; title: The troika period reconsidered; title: Assessing the intentions of the government(s) since the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty; title: Looking ahead; title: Greece : why did the forceful internal devaluation fail to kick-start an export led growth?; title: Giving greece a chance to succeed; title: Structural differences ensure permanent shock-trends that play into the above : closer and more democratic union to heal economic asymmetries helping southern member-states; title: Conclusions; title: Index.