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.
July 14, 2010
Moody’s cuts Portugal to A1
Not much reaction in Europe over Moody's downgrade on Portugal's (read about it at Financial Times) debt from AA2 to A1. Funniest remark about this was "Monty" at the Ace of Spades Blog:
"Here's something I don't understand. When Greece's troubles became widely-known, markets the world over immediately pissed themselves. So yesterday Moody's cuts Portugal's debt rating to A1, and....nothing. What the hell, man? Greece gets kicked in the nuts but Portugal gets a pat on the head? ."
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