THE EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS/ THE GREEK CASE

In this book, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece. Greece was the first Eurozone country to face an enormous deficit, which reached 15% of GDP in 2009. As the Greek crisis unf olded, other Eurozone countries displayed identical symptoms, albeit in varying degrees of severity. From a strictly Greek predicame nt the debt crisis quickly turned into a problem for the European Union as a whole. This first English language translation investig ates the ...[Read more]