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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464871303321

Autore

Pelagidēs Theodōros K.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2014

ISBN

0-8157-2576-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

330.9495

Soggetti

Political corruption - Greece - History - 21st century

Financial crises - Greece - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Greece Economic conditions 1974-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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