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What next Greece?
Agorais the head of global macro investor relations at Oxford Economics. You can follow him at: @GabrielSterne...? Would it be managed or chaotic? One thing we can be sure about though. The scene is set... towards restoring debt sustainability, which recognises that debt can only be viewed as sustainable
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Greece: The gathering storm
Agora, privatisations and the labour market – all of which are political hot potatoes in Greece. “As you know, we... structural benchmarks before it can qualify for further loans. This means the current coalition cannot... of working with lenders to draft and pass legislation so the review can be wrapped up. At the same
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Will SYRIZA accept the proposal from Greece's lenders?
Agoraat, it is being impossible to pin down. *You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis. This article.... The best that one can do at the moment is look for signals regarding how SYRIZA members and MPs might... suggests there is a very bumpy road ahead, while the other indicates that things can be smoothed over
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Which way now, Mr Tsipras?
Agorais the editor of MacroPolis. You can follow him on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis Nick Malkoutzis... other way he can play his non-existent hand now. Worryingly, Tsipras showed inexplicable naivety over..., and perhaps to himself, what his goals are and where his priorities lie. If he can’t do that then the end
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Why Tsipras might gamble on snap elections
AgoraMany people asking whether Greece can afford to hold snap elections in the autumn. Perhaps, though, we should also be asking whether the country, and especially its prime minister, can afford... version of this article appeard in our August 7 e-newsletter, which is available to subscribers. You
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Neither necessary, nor good
Agorais the editor of MacroPolis. You can follow him on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis **When challenged about his... in which European politicians can make their displeasure known. For instance, this January they seemed much... in the government, he has secured a carte blanche to govern the way he sees fit. If SYRIZA can
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agora. You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis Nick Malkoutzis... elections. His victory at the ballot box, though, does not mean that it can yet be deemed a winning strategy... something similar. Why can’t we say that the gamble paid off for Tsipras? Because to a lesser or greater
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Greece and the IMF: An everlasting love-hate relationship
Agorasoon. *Nick Malkoutzis is the editor of MacroPolis. You can follow him on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis.... But it is unlikely that this can have an impact on MPs and party members. Tsipras’s and SYRIZA’s.... “We are ready for a final agreement and we can achieve it if everyone really wants to move on,” said
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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agorathat this cannot be some utopian fantasy. Reality means that it is an urgent necessity. You can follow Nick... and anger to fester is one of the worst offenses that elected politicians can commit against the democracies they are elected to serve. It is too late for Cameron and Tsipras now but one can only hope
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Thinking outside of the box
Agoraof discussions that few want to have. *You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis An earlier version... channels that Greece can support. The reliability of the study, especially as it was commissioned... or politicians. In essence, it is an issue of having the institutions and practices that can support a pillar
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