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 24, 2011
World Stocks rally over Greece
At CNN Money, Friday stock activity was up due to better news out of Athens and China:
"World markets rallied Friday after the so-called Troika - the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank - reached an agreement with Greek authorities on a belt-tightening plan for the economy.
An op-ed piece by China's premier saying his nation is balancing growth and keeping prices are under control contributed to the rally."
Negotiations are ongoing with banks holding Greek debt [Bloomberg]:
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government said banks and insurers will recognize their “very high interest” in sharing the burden of a Greek financial package and an agreement will be reached in the next nine days.
Negotiations with private banks and insurers to participate in a financial package to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt will wrap up by July 3..."
...An EU statement spoke of the need for “informal and voluntary rollovers of existing Greek debt at maturity,” avoiding a coercive exchange that would lead credit-rating companies to declare Greece in default."
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