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We believe that lasting prosperity is not a given; it's a goal we can achieve by systematically identifying and removing the economic and regulatory barriers that obstruct it.

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 5 – The Silent Journey: Inside the Lives of Africa’s Displaced Youth

In this episode, we step into one of the most invisible and painful realities of our time: the journey of refugees, stranded between war, displacement, ... Read more

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 4 – The Man Behind the Market: Pablo Bustamante and Peru’s Quiet Economic Revolution

In this episode I have the privilege to talk with “the doer” Pablo Bustamante. The man who innovated finance and helped move Peru’s informal sector ... Read more

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 3 – The Hidden Key to Development: Charles Calomiris on Property Rights and Progress

Today, we sit with globally influential economist Charles Calomiris at the foothills of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, to discuss the foundations of economic development. ... Read more

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 2 – Why Informality Persists: Francis Fukuyama on Broken Systems and Bold Fixes

In this 10-minute video podcast, renowned political scientist Francis Fukuyama — in his characteristically eloquent and succinct style — offers a sharp reality check on ... Read more

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 1 – “Will the Shrinking Middle Class Affect German Elections?” with Jörg Luyken

German elections are coming up. In our first episode we check reality with Jörg Luyken. We wonder how the crumbling of the Middle Class can ... Read more

Francis Fukuyama in Athens

Η εκπαιδευτική διαδικτυακή πλατφόρμα Σκέψη για Δράση παρουσιάζει τον Francis Fukuyama, στις 9 Ιουλίου 2021 στην Αθήνα. Ο κύριος Fukuyama θα παρουσιάσει ένα Masterclass με ... Read more

Reality Check Analysis in Sri Lanka

The Debt crisis in Sri Lanka is alarming, and solutions are sought. The Advocata Institute, a Sri Lankan policy think tank, invited Elena Panaritis to ... Read more

Development Challenges and Informality

Elena Panaritis is an institutional economist and a change maker with a track record in unlocking prosperity and the potential that exists within informality. She ... Read more

Perú turns 200 on July 21 Can the economic miracle now move into political maturity?

Peru ploughed into the new millennium like a powerhouse economy. The Peruvians, it seemed, hadachieved mission impossible; evolving their socio-economic level demonstratively while graduatinginto a ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Read more