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Greece - On the importance of productivity growth
Agoraof the 2010s was much more problematic for Greece than is now expected for the COVID-19 recession. Put... higher standards of living than the bigger countries in the world. In this blog, we look... – e.g., for inter-generational equity - rather than later. From an economic point of view
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Montenegro's vaccination adventure: Lord, bless us with good health
Agorain February more than 150 people died as a result of COVID-19. Another infamous record was broken on March 8... focusing on politics for more than half a year. At the end of August, for the first time in 30 years... for immunization not having started yet. As she has repeatedly put it, the one responsible for the slow
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
be casting his vote for Androulakis, even though the fact he sits in the European Parliament rather than... that the leadership vote, which had been put in motion well before Gennimata succumbed to cancer, had...-left leader who is both younger than Tsipras and untainted by MoU-era government, and therefore more
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Where are the Conservatives?
Agorapolitical movements by a single word, as though we can put a sticker on the forehead of their supporters... than one based on an ideological projection of being perceived as left, center-left, center-right, or right. That facts and numbers are more important and relevant than marketing campaigns and political
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Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023
after individual taxpayers and small earners rather than corporations and wealth. The unpopularity... group is marketing itself as a more genuine voice for the left than SYRIZA under Kasselakis’s... realism that can change people’s lives” rather than “apolitical governance.” One of the key criticisms
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The nightmare of our choice
Agoracaused more than half of the deaths at Tempe. In the absence of an official and substantiated... more conciliatory, to pacify a clearly angry public as opinion polls showed that more than 70 pct... the freight train’s load. No explanation was given as to why the parliamentary inquiry was less than
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More changes needed to unlock private sector's potential, report says
EconomyFeaturesdominated by small firms, rather than larger, productive companies serving international markets... added affected micro firms (less than ten employees) the most but also impacted small businesses... at around 80 percent of the nominal value in 2008.” While this has led to large firms’ (more than 250
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agorathan 1 percent of GDP in 2009. To put things in perspective, the only period in the last 20 years... deficit for that year should have been just under 4 percent of GDP, rather than the final figure..., was pumped up so it would be bigger than Ireland’s, which was 14.3 percent, and therefore the biggest
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
of the presidential vote has two distinct advantages. By holding the ballots on December 17, 23 and 29, rather than... reaction to Samaras’s unorthodox move was less than overwhelming. Whereas earlier some Democratic Left... of September, that value stood at 17 billion and was still materially lower than the 22.5 billion
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
indicated that more than one in ten voters are still undecided (Palmos 14.8 and GPO 13.1 percent... that goes to the winning party rather than hand New Democracy a surprising victory. The percentage... target for SYRIZA, the current opinion poll leader, than New Democracy. The new centre-left party
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