tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post6542139428063534465..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: A Monument in Honor of the Greek guest-workers?kleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-1554179805679309292013-03-06T10:10:07.728+01:002013-03-06T10:10:07.728+01:00Of course I am aware of the 'broader picture&#...Of course I am aware of the 'broader picture'. I was just a bit annoyed at the suggestion that the foundation of post-civil war Greece had been laid in the 1980s and thereafter. That's why I only commented on post-civil war. This is what I picked up in another blog:<br /><br />"The OECD notes that 1.25 million Greeks emigrated from 1950 to 1974. The money they sent back trumped tourism or shipping receipts as a source of foreign exchange through the late 1970s. For every dollar earned by remittances in 1960, shipping provided 74 cents and tourism 33 cents. In 1970, the gap was narrower for tourism (40 cents) but larger for shipping (68 cents). From 1970 to 1978 tourism and shipping grew faster than remittances, and so, by 1978, tourism brought in $1.12 and shipping $1.02 for every dollar of remittances."<br /><br />http://www.greekdefaultwatch.com/2012/10/ten-surprising-facts-about-greek.html<br />kleinguthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-79284972450631658762013-03-06T07:19:44.768+01:002013-03-06T07:19:44.768+01:00I would broaden your guest-worker category conside...I would broaden your guest-worker category considerably.<br />Greeks left Greece in the 1800s and created successful businesses and often huge fortunes in Russia, Roumania, Egypt, Palestine etc. These families were repatriated over time (russian revolution, Balkan wars, Nasser), creating new businesses in Greece. At the same time, from the 1880s onward especially, greeks left for America where they worked their way up from the lowest jobs to owning businesses and becoming professionals. After the civil war, greeks left in huge numbers for Canada and Australia - where Melbourne is now the 2nd biggest greek city in the world.<br />Part of the ease with which this was done (psychologically) is attributable to the fact that Greece is a sea-going nation.<br /><br />All these waves of migration resulted in remittances.<br /><br />In fact the greek revolution was in large part funded and led by greek emigrees, notably in Vienna, but also elsewhere. Tsiganteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707960864376693533noreply@blogger.com