The end of Europe?
What a fine mess we’ve found ourselves in! Following a confusing election result and the incapability of Greek politicians to manage a crisis Greece is heading for the Grexit, the exit from Euro. Spain...
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Are the Greeks the victims of unjust circumstances, or are they sinners for whom paytime is justly at hand? The international discourse about Greece has been debating this question since the beginning...
View ArticleEurozone’s endgame: why Germany will have to ultimately ditch the euro
In 1999, when the euro was created, Milton Friedman famously predicted its demise within the next ten years. It seems that he was wrong only by three years, for everything points to the Eurozone’s...
View ArticleGreece and Europe: a troubled relationship
Greece and europe from George Zarkadakis On March 25th 2013 I was invited at the Catholic University of Lille to give a lecture on Greece and Europe (see my slides above). My lecture explored some of...
View ArticleSyria and the West
As the US prepares to launch an attack in Syria, against the Assad regime which allegedly used chemical weapons against its own citizens, the debate has focused mostly on tactics and ethics rather than...
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