Zafiropoulou, Μ. (2015) “Exclusion from Healthcare Services and the Emergence of New Stakeholders and Vulnerable Groups in Times of Economic Crisis: A Civil Society’s Perspective in Greece“, Social Change Review, Winter 2014, Vol. 12(2): 25-42, 12 February. The exclusion from access to basic health services, medical examinations, hospital and pharmaceutical care has affected a large number of Greek citizens during the economic crisis. The first aim of this paper …Read More
Economic Crisis, Social Solidarity and the Voluntary Sector in Greece
Sotiropoulos, D. & Bourikos, D. (2014) “Economic Crisis, Social Solidarity and the Voluntary Sector in Greece“, Journal of Power, Politics & Governance, June 2014, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 33-53. After the onset of the economic crisis in Greece, owing to the government’s drive towards fiscal consolidation, social protection became sparse. NGOs active in social solidarity started catering to newly impoverished Greek citizens seeking social services and basic consumer …Read More
Industrial policy in times of crisis: the case of Greece
Giannitsis T., I. Kastelli, 2014, “Industrial policy in times of crisis: the case of Greece” in Teixeira Α.Α.C., E. Silva, R. Paes Mamede (eds.), Structural Change, Competitiveness and Industrial Policy: Painful Lessons from the European Periphery, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York. Synopsis Chapter 11 addresses the role of industrial policy in the process of overcoming the economic crisis in Greece. The rationale of such a …Read More
Loukas Tsoukalis: The Unhappy State of the Union: Europe Needs a New Grand Bargain
The Unhappy State of the Union: Europe Needs a New Grand Bargain. The crisis has fundamentally transformed Europe’s economic and political landscape. The continent has been divided between creditors and debtors, and between euro countries and the rest. Divisions run deep within countries as well, as inequalities grow faster. Trust is low, the economics is flawed and the politics toxic. Economic recovery is modest at best; it is also fragile …Read More
The impact of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship on the growth and competitiveness of European traditional sectors
Kastelli I. and Caloghirou, Y., (forthcoming), “The impact of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship on the growth and competitiveness of European traditional sectors”. In H. Hirsch-Kreinsen , I. Schwinge (eds.), Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship In Low-Tech Industries, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. This chapter highlights the relation of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship with growth and competitiveness of European traditional sectors. We argue that knowledge intensive entrepreneurship in LMT sectors a) can contribute to overcoming competitive pressures from …Read More
Greece’s Reforms Have Only Cracked the Surface
Hatzis, A., (2013), “Greece’s Reforms Have Only Cracked the Surface”, The Wall Street Journal, 05 December. Last week Ángel Gurría, the secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, visited Athens to present the OECD’s latest economic survey of Greece. Since 2010, the report said, Greece “has made impressive headway in cutting its fiscal and external imbalances and implementing structural reforms to raise labor market flexibility and improve labor …Read More
Greece Needs a Fresh Start
Hatzis, A., (2013), “Greece Needs a Fresh Start”, The New York Times, Room for Debate Column, 01 December. During its tumultuous history modern Greece has always managed to be part of the winning alliances. Right after its independence Greece was attached to the powerful British Empire. In the two world wars Greece was an energetic ally of the western powers. After a ferocious civil war it saved itself from becoming …Read More
Brain drain, a new challenge for the Eurozone
Katsikas, D., (2013), “Brain drain, a new challenge for the Eurozone”, EurActiv, Opinion Article, 25 November. Only a genuine growth agenda can nurture labour mobility, a pre-requisite for the efficient operation of the eurozone and ultimately, for the vision of a conflict-free Europe. Without such agenda mobility could become one of the principal factors of the eurozone’s disintegration, writes Dimitris Katsikas. “As the crisis persists, news of increasing movement of …Read More
Watch Greece – it may be the next Weimar Germany
Hatzis, A., (2013), “Watch Greece – it may be the next Weimar Germany”, The Financial Times, 06 November. Since the 2012 summer elections, Greece has rumbled with echoes of the Weimar Republic. There was no doubt that the composition of the Greek legislature was the worst in modern history. Parliament now contains the full spectrum of authoritarians: neo-Nazis, Stalinists and Maoists together with radical leftwingers, populist rightwingers and numerous defenders …Read More
Greece in Recession: Economic predictions, mispredictions and policy implications
Petralias, A., Petros, S. and Prodromidis, P., (2013), “Greece in Recession: Economic predictions, mispredictions and policy implications”, Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, GreeSE Paper No.75, September. We look into the available macroeconomic figures and the predictions made about the recession in Greece by international organizations, Greek research centers, and the Greek government; and suggest that the predictions regarding the decline in real GDP in recent years were …Read More