Greece : from exit to recovery? / Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pelagidēs, Theodōros K., author.

Mitsopoulus, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption--Greece--History--21st century.

Political corruption.

Financial crises--Greece--History--21st century.

Financial crises.

Greece--Economic conditions--1974-2009.

Greece.

Greece--Economic conditions--2009-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two Greek economic analysts explain the Greek financial crisis-from beginning to end. The first section of Greece: From Exit to Recovery? explores the lead up to Greece's adoption of the euro. Authors Theodore Pelagidis and Michael Mitsopoulos believe that the ensuing challenges were foreseeable. In fact, the authors posit that it was Greece's difficultly in dealing with those challenges that sparked the euro crisis. Section II analyzes discrete sectors of the economy, paying special attention to labor and finance-and the mistakes creditors made in focusing on reducing Greek incomes-rather

Contents:

From la dolce vita to collapse: the sins of the 1990's and 2000's that led Greece into free fall

The depression of the century : prejudice and misguided policies

Unlocking growth : innovation as driver of competitiveness and prosperity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815725763

0815725760

OCLC:

881162218