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A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015

 
 

 
 

Democracy in Europe

By John Lloyd The rich are always with us, and we’ll have more of them soon. A report last week from Boston Consulting Group shows that the global millionaire population is some 13.8 million. That is twice the size of Switzer...
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The non-amendable phenomenon of regulatory amendments

By Panagiotis Karkatsoulis Politis wanted to post the names of those ministers who recently tried to amend legislation agreed to by the Greek government in exchange for the next tranche of aid from the Troika. When we could not...
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More on those pesky 16 year-old Scottish voters

The British think tank Demos has put this short video out arguing the merits of allowing 16 and 17 year-old citizens the right to vote in Scotland.
 

 
 

Una fatsa (una faccia)? Is Italy headed toward a “Greek-style” crisis?

By Krista Kalachani I just found a small gap to write a couple of things about what is happening in Italy. If you checked the newspapers in Italy this week, apart from the Pope’s election which is probably the most import...
 
 
 

Greek urban warriors

The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service and Ianos Bookstore Cordially invite you to a presentation of Greek Urban Warriors: resistance and terrorism 1967-2014 by John Brady Kiesling Athens: Lyca...
 
 
 

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Wanted: deep thinkers

By David Wisner The title of an article in the English version of Der Spiegel got me thinking about what appears to be a systemic problem throughout Europe and the eurozone. Spiegel claims that Europe needs new blood, not so mu...
 
 
 

Saying of the day: 3/27/13

    “Cyprus should leave the euro. Now.” — Paul Krugman
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News on the street

A picture says more than 1000 words, or so they say. And now, the news.      
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