Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis : Debt, Austerity and Unemployment /

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the on-going Greek debt crisis. It identifies and explains Greece s idiosyncratic weaknesses, and highlights the existing rigidities in the EU architecture that make the recovery prospects of the Greek economy challenging. Chapters from expert contributors h...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Bournakis, Ioannis; Tsoukis, Christopher; Christopoulos, Dimitris K; Palivos, Theodore
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8
Summary: This book offers a comprehensive guide to the on-going Greek debt crisis. It identifies and explains Greece s idiosyncratic weaknesses, and highlights the existing rigidities in the EU architecture that make the recovery prospects of the Greek economy challenging. Chapters from expert contributors highlight aspects of the performance of the Greek economy with focus on export performance, labour market conditions, political cycles and regional income disparities. The book then goes on to outline the banking system in Greece in the post-crisis era, and includes analysis that explains how the c
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXIV, 388 pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319637068
CLC: F015
Contents: Chapter 1: On the political economy of the Greek crisis: Introduction and background -- Chapter 2: The Eurozone crisis: A near-perfect case of mismanagement -- Chapter 3: Structural Reforms in the EU -- Chapter 4: The Responsibility of the EU -- Chapter 5: On the institutional responses to the Euro crisis: Is there a role for German Macroeconomics ?- Chapter 6: Austerity and the Greek Dra(ch)ma: Three economists s views and a comment -- Chapter 7: A Macroeconomic perspective on the Greek debt crisis -- Chapter 8: On the role of the credit rating agencies in the Euro zone crisis -- Chapter 9: