Greece

A discussion on Brexit with Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics.

Professor Richard Portes discusses the problems of Europe and then specifically drills down into Greece itself.

Greece: reculer pour mieux sauter

Yanis Varoufakis and Joseph Stiglitz discuss Greece’s financial challenges and the associated Eurozone politics in this exclusive conversation.

How should the Eurozone handle unemployment and other immediate hurdles?

The Eurozone crisis has been wrongly interpreted as either a crisis of fiscal profligacy or of deteriorating unit-labour cost competitiveness (caused by rigid labour markets), or a combination of both.

As Greece descended into a financial maelstrom in the spring of 2010, a small group of staffers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held top-secret talks with officials from the German and French finance ministries to discuss the idea of restructuring Greece’s debt.

According to Reuters, Eurozone officials attempted to suppress the publication of this report.

Owing to its strong dependence on exports, Germany was among the economies hit hardest by the financial crisis.

Since the outbreak of the Greek debt crisis at the end of 2009, the Eurozone finds itself in an unprecedented debt crisis.

Economist James K. Galbraith warns that ‘unrealistic expectations’ by Athens’ creditors is a recipe for turmoil

As Greece heads to the polls, a look back at the crisis and what the future will bring.

The latest austerity deal is terrible for Greece and Europe.

Dubious transactions and flimsy accounting standards need scrutiny.

In the last couple of months, Greece has once again become the center of attention of politicians, academics, and the general public. The debate has, for a large part, focused on Greece’s fiscal deficit as if it were just a self-inflicted Greek problem. But is it?