tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post5778591021014334861..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: Enforcing Austerity Does Not Suffice???kleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-42139380809265505572018-03-08T15:47:54.389+01:002018-03-08T15:47:54.389+01:00These two narratives are not equally convincing; i...These two narratives are not equally convincing; in fact, they are deeply contradictory. There is not such thing as a "creative destruction" - at least not outside the minds and mantras of the ideologically fervent and / or the politically hypocritical. I'm sure that when the next narrative comes it will be through (not so supple)changes to the preceding ones, weaved around the only story that really matters : Euro works if you work it! <br /><br />As for the Dutch ambassador I'd be more interested to know how he reconciles his noble (and so generic as to be undisputable but essentially inconsequential ) values with the status of his country as practically a tax heaven. What narrative would he have spun to iron out these contractions, I wonder… <br /><br />Lykinos <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-37008988115616090832018-03-07T11:32:55.733+01:002018-03-07T11:32:55.733+01:00From the Greeks I talk to, it is not my impression...From the Greeks I talk to, it is not my impression they want "things to stay as they are". Sadly, most want to go back to the future of 2008.<br />Lennard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-5997170910549938262018-03-06T11:24:32.581+01:002018-03-06T11:24:32.581+01:00An example i wrote before a few months.
http://kl...An example i wrote before a few months.<br /><br />http://klauskastner.blogspot.gr/2017/12/elstat-andreas-georgiou-and-slap-in-face.html#comment-form<br /><br />And yesterday<br /><br />http://www.ekathimerini.com/226432/article/ekathimerini/news/new-budget-chief-denounced-as-partisan-choice<br /><br />Mr Koutentakis is a lecturer (sic) and was general secretary for Fiscal Policy. But appointed in PBO to judge and his own job? <br /><br />Someone may say that Stournaras also left ministry of finance and appointed to BoG or Liargovas of PBO was a member of a political party. <br />Both Stournaras-Liargovas were professors with publications. Stournaras was also accepted, generally, from IMF,ECB and people in europe.<br /><br />I don't know in Austria do you have such trading-hirings?<br /><br />But the issue here:<br /><br /> None one have compare the Cirriculum Vitae of 9 other contenders for PBO in relation to Koutentakis.<br /><br />About general practises<br /><br />Professor (Public Administration) Karkatsoulis from Potami party says:<br />1) Exclusive responsibilities for ministers eg of health increased to 611. This, in relation and with Novartis case.<br />2) Polynomial or multi legislation is increasing considerably at the expense of entrepreneurship.<br />3)He also observe: "66% of the papers they have brought are accompanied with a report by the State Treasury that says "the provision is causing a cost that can not be calculated because the Ministry did not send details".<br /><br />https://twitter.com/pkarkatsoulis/status/963926112286986240<br /><br />https://twitter.com/AthensVoice/status/963820449548455937<br /><br />https://twitter.com/pkarkatsoulis/status/964790775589539840<br /><br />What council of europe says<br /><br />https://www.coe.int/en/web/greco/-/greece-council-of-europe-anti-corruption-group-offers-praise-and-criticism<br /><br />https://rm.coe.int/fourth-evaluation-round-corruption-prevention-in-respect-of-members-of/168078f072<br /><br />About refugee crisis, before a year. Not much changed.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/09/how-greece-fumbled-refugee-crisis?CMP=twt_gu<br /><br />As far as the top financial elites their businesses are getting better or even for some of them flourishing. All criticised in words but only some of them usually aged or with bankrupt companies are facing rightly financial consequences.<br /><br />The effort against meritocracy, transparency and refugee crisis practises got much worse the last years.<br />Thousand hirings (≈ 50.000) with complicated tactics operated in central government organitations, munincipalities and regions, where usually it is difficult to evaluate the feasibility of projects or hirings.<br /><br /> Decisions sometimes refer to future structures that have NOT yet been created.<br /><br />The moto is still here:<br /><br />"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-48077159423310576182018-03-04T21:54:56.509+01:002018-03-04T21:54:56.509+01:00Lennard:
Especially for you. Preview of the Greek...Lennard:<br /><br />Especially for you. Preview of the Greek Energy plan from the minister himself (starts at minute 45):<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2X6V7j8lY<br /><br />Dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-22739494304504298582018-03-04T17:32:19.999+01:002018-03-04T17:32:19.999+01:00"It appears that the main factors contributin..."It appears that the main factors contributing to the lack of funding for infrastructure projects in general, are their poor planning, the slow formation of the necessary political consensus and further delays."<br /><br />http://www.ypodomes.com/index.php/special-editions/news-in-english/item/45649-infrastructure-projects-backlog-to-recede-at-18-7bn-euros-in-2017<br /><br />Dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-43687009105527545992018-03-03T18:36:39.996+01:002018-03-03T18:36:39.996+01:00Speaking of energy as a pillar of growth for Greec...Speaking of energy as a pillar of growth for Greece (my previous thesis in 2 recent blog entries here), Mytilineos Group (a quality Greek group) just announced at the Delphi Forum a new 650 MW gas fired electric generation power plant (Please use your translator because I have not yet found an English version):<br /><br />http://www.capital.gr/delphi-economic-forum/3276881/mutilinaios-deuteri-kinisi-mat-sti-skakiera-tis-energeias-me-nea-monada-ilektrismou<br /><br />Regarding the existing Mytilineos energy portfolio, known as PROTERGIA please refer here:<br /><br />http://www.mytilineos.gr/en-us/power/and-natural-gas<br /><br />Bottom line: new growth for Greece and the Mytilineos group emerging as a key provider of electricity for the Greek network (in other words a DEH competitor which DEH is currently acting as a quasi-monopoly in the Greek electricity market). So, perhaps a move in the right direction.<br /><br />Dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-12548027537229351612018-03-03T08:33:54.296+01:002018-03-03T08:33:54.296+01:00V:
You maybe interested in this:
https://www.you...V:<br /><br />You maybe interested in this:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDEm78MIGEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-19296996119222955022018-03-03T07:23:21.706+01:002018-03-03T07:23:21.706+01:00Yeah... forgot about the church. And the defense...Yeah... forgot about the church. And the defense forces for that matter.<br /><br />My statement refers to that aside from those sectors. Those sectors need special handling. Church especially needs an overhaul of modernization.<br /><br />V<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-32594834565734310682018-03-02T15:33:24.942+01:002018-03-02T15:33:24.942+01:00V:
Public employees in Greece includes the Church...V:<br /><br />Public employees in Greece includes the Church. Are you saying that you are in favor of privatizing the Church? Because if you are I have a better idea for you. Fire all priests and force the church to pay real estate taxes (ENFIA) on its vast portfolio of undervalued properties.<br /><br />You better read this if you don't understand the seriousness of the church problem in Greece which by the way your party the uber corrupt New Democracy refuses to touch (talking about hypocrites in Greece where ND gets the gold, silver an bronze metals)<br /><br />http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/02/25/cyprus-economic-determinism/<br /><br />Dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-43306997317673257632018-03-02T12:06:16.092+01:002018-03-02T12:06:16.092+01:00Reducing the government, "public employees&qu...Reducing the government, "public employees" is an indirect approach which in the many instances has proven fruitful. <br /><br />However, privatizing has many other drawbacks which can affect the greater good of the country's interests.<br /><br />What you propose above is impossible. Even if theoretically. That is why privatization indirectly solves a part of the problem.<br /><br />Aside from water, i am for full privatization. Then you acquire a small well paid government body with merit, which regulates the private sector and pass laws which suit the greater good of the country.<br /><br />VAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-26721365170004299662018-03-02T10:00:59.770+01:002018-03-02T10:00:59.770+01:00"We need meritocratic decision-making in Gree..."We need meritocratic decision-making in Greece, be it by left- or right-wing governments, and both in the public and private sectors. More than debt relief, Greece needs meritocracy."<br /><br />These are nice words for a politician but quite empty words from a practical point of view. Of course every country wants its best people to emerge during a crisis. But Greece is a nation of small shopkeepers and family owned businesses with meritocracy being their last concern. Also to implement meritocracy to the public sector you need to shut down the government, fire everyboby and then re-hire based on new meritocratic rules. Easy to say but very difficult to implement. Not exactly sure what the Dutch Ambassador to Greece had in mind because this speech of his you quoted applies to all countries, even his own. And we all know that Greece does not need generalities but rather targeted specifics. Quite frankly, I fail to see the rallying call. I am for meritocracy but not for empty speeches. Only action counts, the rest is idle talk and of that we have plenty in Greece to the point we can comfortably export it to Holland and elsewhere.<br /><br />Dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-58114908662574223812018-03-02T09:24:35.281+01:002018-03-02T09:24:35.281+01:00Well, Brookings has posted quite a few topics on G...Well, Brookings has posted quite a few topics on Greece:<br /><br />https://www.brookings.edu/topic/greece/<br /><br />But, how can one draw useful conclusions when the authors' approach is to spread the blame equally between the Greek cleptocracy and shaky EU? Saying both are to blame for the crisis (the cleptocrats from bringing it to fruition and the EZ being unable to respond to it due to its internal flaws) is not helpful at all.<br /><br />Who did the vetting when Greece was admitted with such well-known pathologies and why Greece joined a group (EZ) with such pronounced inabilities to respond to its crises?<br /><br />The only explanation that fits the various narratives of who, what, when and why is that the EZ saw in Greece a strong consumption client (consumption of European, meaning 90% German goods) and Greece saw a benefactor in the making; both assessments being errors of judgments of the highest order. It's like the blind leading the cripple; the worst combo imaginable.<br /><br />Dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com