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A quarter-pounder democracy
AgoraJust under 17 years ago, New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman put forward a theory that if McDonald’s restaurants open in a country, a functioning democracy and institutions won’t be far behind... be put into practice, the institutional malaise will continue. Until our institutional weaknesses
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Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger
Economyexecutive board member Joerg Asmussen appears to have put the economic plan in some doubt, while... 50 percent or so. Asmussen also put the financing gap, the difference between how much money Greece
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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsput the Greek government on tenterhooks. There are indications that genuine concern has gripped Prime... whole crisis strategy is in danger of being put in doubt. Samaras, Venizelos and Stournaras have
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Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSixteen months after one-time rivals Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos put aside their differences to form a coalition government, the two have agreed on a policy framework..., the policy framework drawn up last year by the three parties put one goal above all others: Renegotiation
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be and what measures the government would have to take to fill it. In the meantime, we have put... said that government officials speaking anonymously after the EU summit put the figure at no more
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Last man standing
Agoraon November 4 to put minds outside of Greece at ease with regard to his party’s plans should... reliant on put-downs and one-liners. Its attempts to inspire mass demonstrations have failed. While
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agorato their customers. Put otherwise, they cannot decline to implement as lending institutions what they have been... bankers involved in the negotiating process, the offers put on the table have been nothing less than
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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe prime minister’s press office, indicated that the government could put together what he termed... George Papandreou made it clear that his party would not approve the candidate put forward
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A macroeconomic assessment of the Cypriot economy after the haircut
Agoradeposits under 100,000 euros in solvent banks was put on the table by the Eurogroup and initially... unions for instance.) However, none of the above will suffice to put Cyprus on a sustainable growth
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agorainterest. The two justifications that core governments put forward were moral hazard and contagion... that Germany put on the financing package. The IMF knew in 2010 that Greece would need more time
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