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 23, 2011
€109 billion euro package for Greece
The yield on Greek government bonds dropped significantly on the news of a combined loan package backed by the Germans (and the French and ECB) coming from the eurozone leadership summit of Thursday.
The Fitch credit agency responded that this constitutes a form of default, and the other two important agencies, Moodys and Standard and Poors are expected to follow shortly.
The news of the bailout plan, coupled with a funding for the eurozone emergency fund to quickly assist other member states who falter in dealing with sovereign debt issues caused the euro currency to climb in value against the US dollar to $1.4407, and oil moved toward $100 per barrel.
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