tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post5170105879329046801..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: Portugal - a role model for Greece?kleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-46324946335719247052012-06-04T21:53:26.254+02:002012-06-04T21:53:26.254+02:00I have speed-read the memorandum. It's actuall...I have speed-read the memorandum. It's actually significant that this is the term used for the Structural Adjustment program in the greek media. The memoranda are just lists of commitments (and deadlines for them) that the greek government makes.<br /><br />They're not the structural adjustment program at all, one only sees that at all fully at EU sites, such as:<br /><br />http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/occasional_paper/2012/op94_en.htm<br /><br />Which is, of course, is why Syriza can simultaneously demand tax reform to be able to tax the rich, while denouncing the extremely specific programs for tax and justice reform in the program as "barbaric".Richard Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510809612151756954noreply@blogger.com