This book explores how successful the various tenets of economic thought have been in prognosticating or remedying economic crises. Examining key episodes in economic history, from famines in antiquity to present-day financial collapse, the author finds that several theories failed to cope with...

We present detailed empirical evidence from Greece that around elections, misgovernance results in significant increases in wildfires and tax evasion and has important economic implications: these effects have led to the destruction of property or loss of government revenue estimated at 8 % of...

In 2011 the Euro faced its toughest challenge since its introduction as several of the participating Member States faced unprecedented financial problems. Greece was the most severe case requiring intervention from the EU and IMF to stabilize its economy and repay debt obligations. This article...

The article describes how the unprecedented public and current account deficits that occurred in Greece over the last few years led to the current debt crisis in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008. Some policy directions for achieving fiscal stability and restoring growth and...

Employing a stochastic Brownian pattern for labor income under liquidity constraints, the paper derives closed-form solutions for households’ consumption and shows how both the multiplier and the variability of consumption increased after the global crisis and were further enhanced by the...