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 27, 2010
€4 billion saved
Reuters has a shoping list of Greek financial news, but one in particular stood out:
"The Greek government has saved up to 4 billion euros from expenditure containment, which could be used to cover any unforeseen spending overruns, financial daily Naftemporiki reported, citing a top Finance Ministry official. Greece's GDP contraction is expected at 3-3.2 percent this year, compared to a 4 percent drop estimated in the EU/IMF memorandum, the paper added citing Finance Ministry sources."
This indicates Papandreou has been able to hold back on spending and created savings marginally better than expected: €4 billion is a minor amount compared to the overall problems plaguing Greek finances, but is still an amount a desperate government would not have been able to set aside.
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