, notably Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who claimed that Greece suffered from austerity. Because …This paper discusses why Greece has done so poorly in comparison with all other European Union countries since the … onslaught of the global financial crisis in 2008. To show what was wrong with its fiscal adjustment, this paper compares Greece …

"On the 25th January 2015, the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance--not just for Greece but … potentially all of Europe. The radical party Syriza was elected and austerity and the neoliberal agenda challenged. Suddenly it …. With a change in government in Greece, and looming political transformations in countries such as Spain, this major …

Drawing on an analysis of austerity reforms in Greece and Portugal during the sovereign debt crisis from 2009 onwards … depends on their ability to control state budgets to reward clients. In Greece, where parties relied extensively on these … clientelistic linkages, austerity reforms have been characterised by recurring conflicts and disagreements between the main parties …