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Energy Without Russia: The Case of Greece
Greece’s reliance on natural gas as a “transition fuel” left the country highly exposed to Russian energy imports on the eve of the Ukraine war. The efficacy with which the economy adapted to the energy crisis proved to be a valuable learning experience.
Contributor: Georgia Nakou
Categories: Europe (279), Economy (316), Greece (479)
Podcast - Understanding Erdogan's foreign policy
The Agora takes a look at what is happening just across the Aegean from Greece, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back for a third term and already prompting questions about whether he is shifting his foreign policy.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (279), Politics (374), Greece (479)
Podcast - Lost at sea: The Pylos shipwreck and its aftermath
On the night of June 14, a fishing boat called the Adriana, packed with hundreds of migrants who had paid traffickers to get them from Libya to Italy, sank in the deep waters of the Mediterranean, about 90 kilometers southwest of the town of Pylos in the Peloponnese.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Europe (279), Politics (374), Society (135), Greece (479)
Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
In the previous blog we expressed concern that the European Commission may suffer from an optimism bias. We noted that the long-run outlook for real GDP growth in the EU27 as a whole appeared to be based on too-favorable labor productivity growth assumptions.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (279), Economy (316)
Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
This blog post is based on Chapter 8 of a new book: “The Macroeconomy of the European Union,” by Bob Traa, available on Amazon.com. The book examines structural considerations for potential growth, fiscal and debt developments, and the fiscal rules in the EU27 and in each individual member state, including Greece.
Contributor: Bob Traa & Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (279), Economy (316)