Introduction 1. - 1 From La Dolce Vita to Collapse: The Sins of the 1990s and 2000s That Led Greece into Free Fall 4. - 2 The Depression of the Century: Prejudice and Misguided Policies 41. - 3 Unlocking Growth: Innovation as Driver of Competitiveness and Prosperity 85. - Appendixes. - A. Cases...

Introduction -- The "party period" before the crisis -- The costs and benefits for joining a common currency with emphasis on weaker member-states -- Greece before the crisis : the critical years in domestic politics -- What the imf and EU bodies were reporting for greece during the accession...

This expanded and enlarged third edition of Theodore Pelagidis and Michael Mitsopoulos' popular Who’s to Blame for Greece? covers almost a decade of Greece's economic crisis from 2009 to 2019, as well as recent developments in the first months of 2020. It provides an overview of recent...

In this paper, we deal with theoretical propositions and empirical evidence that are needed to explain the paradox of rapid GDP growth in the face of the dismal competitiveness of the Greek economy during 1995-2008. We show how Greece's economy structural weaknesses have hit the domestic economy...