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 21, 2010
Yuan peg to dollar ending after two years
Bloomberg reports on the now free-floating yuan:
"China said it will allow a more flexible yuan, signaling an end to the currency’s two-year-old peg to the dollar a week before a Group of 20 summit. "
The Chinese have been weathering import problems because of the peg, and now that it is loosened, the obverse problem of exports, especially in textiles, will become trouble for them. With a clear intent to get themselves firmly into Europe, China needs the Pireas deal to help facilitate this, which in turn helps their move to avoid collapse for many Chinese companies dependant upon exporting, and the Chinese banks that are holding iffy loans for those companies.
Related:
China to put 10 billion into Pireaus work - June 2010
China "to the rescue of Greece?" - January 2009
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