Policy Brief Greece

It all started in November 2009 with a realisation that the fiscal situation in Greece was deteriorating, further throwing into doubt the country’s ability to access international credit markets. Alternatively you can download it Here

Measuring Economic Freedom in 2022 and Beyond

After the World Bank announced in September that it would no longer produce the annual Doing Business indicators, many wondered what the impact would be on the cause of economic freedom. Join us for an in-depth look at the issues from one of the Doing Business founders, Simeon Djankov, and learn what Atlas Network is … Read more

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Άρθρο στην Political ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ 2021 στον Αντώνη Ι. Αντωνόπουλο ([email protected]) Η οικονομολόγος Έλενα Παναρίτη έγινε γνωστή στην Ελλάδα ως βουλευτής Επι- κρατείας του ΠΑΣΟΚ επί Γιώργου Παπανδρέου. Σήμερα, ως στέλεχος της Παγκόσμιας Τράπεζας και ιδρύτρια του www.T4action.org, μιλάει στην «Political» και επισημαίνει για την επόμενη μέρα «την ανάγκη για άμεση κυβερνητική δράση, ειδάλλως», όπως λέει, «θα … Read more

Resetting under fog

Finding an ideal headline was a struggle. One to represent the overwhelming fear and panic over the Covid-19 outbreak. One to reflect the anxiety, as well as the public’s conformity to emergency measures and isolation. I felt it needed to depict the numbness, fogginess and uncertainty about how the pandemic will end. One thing is … Read more

The New York Times:”As Goes Greece, So Goes Europe?” by Nikos Konstandaras

Greece has been at the epicenter of the European debt crisis, and in many ways, the political fallout here reflects the surge of extreme-left and extreme-right forces that the Continent witnessed in the elections for the European Parliament. As in Greece, the center-left and center-right groups that form the core of national and European Union politics have seen their power … Read more

Elena Panaritis : “Bruised and confused: why Greeks voted against the gods of Europe” (The Guardian)

Ravaged by austerity measures and caricatured as lousy managers and born tax evaders, the Greek electorate went left and right in their efforts to say no to the EU In last month’s elections a majority of Greeks – now routinely depicted by the gods of Europe as lousy managers and born tax-evaders – reacted by shunning the … Read more