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 6, 2010
Can the Drachma save Greece?
A Kathimerini article (read in english via Babelfish) about German economist Gioakim Starmpati, and the potential pluses for Greece if the Drachma is returned (I paraphrased the text heavily to make it easier to read):
"The only way to save Greece is for the country to become competitive. In order to accomplish this there must be a consideration of the benefits of returning to the Drachma. In particular this would benefit tourism.
Starmpati: "Foreign tourism would be increased with the Drachma, and the effect has been underestimated by those considering the ramifications of leaving the euro."
"...Greece does not follow her own policy anymore, but policies imposed by Washington DC and Brussels. I love the Greeks. They are proud and sincere and should stand on their own and be Greek."
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