Who’s to Blame for Greece?

Theodore Pelagidis is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, USA, and Professor of Economics at the University of Piraeus, Greece. He has also been a NATO scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, USA; an NBG fellow at the London School of Economics, UK; and a Fulbright professorial fellow at Columbia University, USA. He has served as an expert to the International Monetary Fund in the Internal Evaluation Office, USA. Michael Mitsopoulos is an economist at the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Greece. He holds a PhD in Economics from Boston University, USA and has taught at the University of Piraeus and the Economic University of Athens, Greece. He has published extensively in academic journals and is the co-author with Pelagidis of Understanding the Crisis in Greece: From Boom to Bust (Palgrave, 2011) and of Greece: From Exit to Recovery? (2014).

Introduction The Costs and Benefits for Joining a Common Currency with Emphasis on Weaker Member States: The Pre-Crisis Debate Greece before the Crisis: The Critical Years in Domestic Politics IMF and EU Reports on Greece The Troika Period Reconsidered Assessing the Intentions of the Government(s) since the Ratification of the Maastricht Treaty Greece: Why Did the Forceful Internal Devaluation Fail to Kick-start an Export-Led Growth? Giving Greece a Chance to Succeed How to Design a Closer and More Democratic Union The Rise of Populism in Greece and the Impact in the Economy A Positive Way to Reform the Tax System in Greece Greece's New Agreement with Europe and the Debt Problem Conclusions
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