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Don't let the facts get in the way of "Argentinology"
It should come as no surprise that in a the country where a large part of the political establishment is comfortable with the notion that some sort of conspiracy drove the country to bankruptcy, the same key players should spend the last few days in a hopeless debate on the recent developments in Argentina.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)
Public deficit and democratic duty
“Unless the general public is informed by basic economic theory and by key economic facts, they’re going to make wrong decisions,” Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang recently said in an interview following a presentation at the London School of Economics.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)
Political tremors shake Spain, overshadow economic progress
If you had asked any Spaniard in May what might be the hardest thing to change within the country’s institutions, most of them would have pointed to the monarchy and the bipartisanship.
Contributor: Arturo Lopo
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Economy (348)
Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title of saviour thanks to his injury time penalty on Wednesday, which ushered Greece into the second round of the World Cup for the first time in its history.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Society (150), Greece (527)
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/06/12/vromiko_myrto_1206-large.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Stomach for the fight
Stress can affect you in peculiar ways. “I felt so ill reading that mail I had to admit myself into the clinic at 4 am," Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos told The Guardian recently as he recounted the moment he says he realised George Papandreou had not properly thought through the idea of holding a referendum on Greece’s bailout terms in late 2011.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)