Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Adieu Alexis Tsipras

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Alexis Tsipras arrived on Greece's political stage with bravado. That was in 2012. A few days ago he left that stage with a whimper. Bac...
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Friday, June 9, 2023

Greece - Living Beyond Its Means Again?

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In a commentary published in the Ekathimerini on June 6 , the well-known British journalist Hugo Dixon stated that " Greece is living b...
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Monday, March 13, 2023

Greece - No Country For Young Arrogance

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In an August 2022 essay by Alexander Clapp , published in the NYT, I found the following quote which I have cited many times since then: ...
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Sunday, March 5, 2023

It's A Short Putt From Greece-Praising To Greece-Bashing

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In the last few years, since Mr. Mitsotakis became Prime Minister, my Greek friends have often criticized me for being idealistically (and u...
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Friday, March 3, 2023

Greek Train Accident - The Culprit Was Found And Put Into Jail! Or Was He Not The Culprit?

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The tragic train accident and the discussions around it have reminded me of a NYT commentator who recently observed in an article " th...
Monday, February 27, 2023

Kostas Karamanlis - Greece's Gravedigger?

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Kostas Karamanlis, Greece's Prime Minister from 2004-09 and, since then, a member of the Greek Parliament recently announced that he wou...
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Friday, February 24, 2023

Greece's Current Account Deficit - Forebodings Of The Next Sovereign Debt Crisis?

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I wish I had been wrong when, back on July 29 of last year, I projected a dramatic current account deficit for 2022 . Alas, I wasn't: Gr...