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Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community
Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community
Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community
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Jason Manolopoulos combines his experience of the global financial system, European politics and Greek society to demonstrate how one of the EU’s smaller countries played a catalytic role in a crisis that threatens the future of the euro, and possibly even of the European Union itself.

He explores the historical legacy and psychological biases that have shaped an ongoing drama. While leaders of the European Union criticise ‘the markets’ for destabilizing the single currency, Manolopoulos interrogates the shared beliefs of the EU and the investment banking community – and how they colluded for a decade in the illusion that lending huge sums to peripheral eurozone countries was safe.

Policy and investment errors bear marked similarities with earlier financial crises – in particular the Exchange Rate Mechanism system and the Argentine debt crisis. This inability to learn history’s recent lessons begs fundamental questions of policy making, which this book discusses.

Greek society also comes under scrutiny, as shocking details of a kleptocratic political class and a wasteful public sector are revealed. Manolopoulos traces these developments back to dictatorship and civil war, but argues that there is no excuse for their continuation in a modern democracy.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAnthem Press
Release dateMay 5, 2011
ISBN9780857288752
Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community

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    Good overview of the story as a "Perfect Storm" of multiple factors leading to present mess. Written a couple of years ago, he seems to assume that none of the measures tried will save Greece, and by extension the Eurozone, from total collapse. Hasn't happened yet. The story is mostly familiar, but fairly well told; slightly muddied by telling the Greek and Argentinian crises in parallel, which gets confusing. Rather a lot of repetition of points and much name checking of psycho terminology (e.g., confirmation bias, narrative illusion) which are italicised with laboured effect. This gives a striving undergraduate feel to a generally intelligent account. Some good wry one-liners spice this sad tale. Notable new angle for me: the Greek reluctance to pay taxes derives in part from the Turkish domination, when tax-dodging was a patriotic stance, in contrast to England where income tax was tied in with resisting the foreign enemy, Napoleon.

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