Elections will give Alexis Tspiras another chance to put Greece’s financial house in order. Here’s what he should do after the government reforms in September.
Articles on Greece
Displaying 181 - 200 of 347 articles
New research shows a rise in popularity of university majors in health care, law and those linked to jobs in the police and military.
Japan has higher debt levels than Greece and yet it doesn’t need international bailouts. Why?
The finalisation of Greece’s third bailout terms is good news for now, but how long will it last?
It’s groundhog day for Greece as the third bailout package is negotiated. And there’s no reason to think this one will be any more successful than the last two.
The deal is done with Europe, and the people aren’t happy about it.
Many African countries continue to creep along a predetermined path that takes them away from any real possibility to defend their sovereignty and meet the needs of their people.
Artists and satirists have long played around with currency. With fiscal uncertainty only on the up, artsy cash is becoming more and more prevalent.
Lord Palmerston, Britain’s 19th-century prime minister, was reputedly the first person to have coined the phrase that Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests. Many…
No one seems to really believe the latest bailout plan will work without debt relief. But the only way to get Greece to adopt essential reforms is to pretend it isn’t in the cards.
If Greece exited the Eurozone it would face several years of economic chaos. But it would be the master of its own destiny. The current EU offer will further destroy the Greek economy.
Being poor doesn’t make you a bad parent but families need protective factors to counter the negative ones.
When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) criticises the European Union’s policies toward Greece as too harsh and threatens not to co-operate, we should pay attention. The IMF, after all, has developed…
One thing is clear: if you need bailing out, your voters no longer matter.
Some, including Greece’s ex-Finance Minister Varoufakis, have warned that the bailout’s austerity will strengthen extremist parties like Golden Dawn. They’re wrong.
The draconian deal imposed by the Eurogroup is worse than a reparations settlement imposed on a defeated enemy.
Greece can learn a lot from Africa’s 1980s and 1990s experience of living with structural adjustment (austerity). The damage has been long-lasting – not only on economies, but also directly on people.
A punitive deal which makes life hard for the Greek people and which sets dangerous precedents for the eurozone.
Greece must sell €50 billion worth of government assets as part of its latest bailout. It could very well go wrong.
Angela Merkel chose domestic politics over foreign policy, and the results could be disastrous.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Business Ethics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
-
School of Social Sciences, Monash University
-
Professor of Finance, University of Liverpool
-
Honorary Professor, Department of Economics, University of Stirling
-
Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow
-
Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
-
Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
-
Professor of Social Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
-
Professor of Economics, University of Athens
-
ARC Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor of Law, UNSW
-
Associate Professor in International Politics, University of Birmingham
-
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Liverpool
-
Reader in Economics, Cardiff University
-
Professor of Economics, Skidmore College
-
Associate Professor of Economics, Western Sydney University