Rick Steves' Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese amazon.com
Bust: Greece, the Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis - By Matthew Lynn amazon.com
Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community - By Jason Manolopoulos amazon.com
Understanding the Crisis in Greece: From Boom to Bust - By Theodore Pelagidis amazon.com
The Imminent Crisis: Greek Debt and the Collapse of the European Monetary Union amazon.com
Eyewitness Greece - Athens and the Mainland - 352 Pages
Financial markets and economic growth in Greece, 1986-1999 [An article from: Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money]
Athens Demographics:
The population count for Athens was 10,964,020 in 2001. According to eurostat, in 2008 Greece had a total estimated population of 11,262,000. Of this, some 695,979 are estimated to be non-Greek.
June 4, 2010
Young Greeks edging toward emigration
Like other troubled episodes in Greek history, young people are looking at going abroad to find job. Article by Maria Petrakis at Bloomberg:
"Many younger Greeks may abandon the country as austerity measures crimp incomes and reduce career prospects, according to an opinion poll. Forty-two percent of 800 men and women aged between 18 and 35 said they were considering emigrating, with that percentage rising to more than 50 percent for those aged 23 to 27...
...More than seven in 10 said they didn’t believe there would be any change in meritocracy or corruption in Greece."
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