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Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice. The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe

Door James K. Galbraith

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#269970
Titel
Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice. The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe
Auteur
Galbraith, James K.
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
0300220448
ISBN13
9780300220445
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

A world-renowned economist offers cogent and powerful reflections on one of the great avoidable economic catastrophes of the modern era The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time. The financial woes of this relatively small European nation threaten the long-term viability of the Euro while exposing the flaws in the ideal of continental unity. Solutions proposed by Europe's combined leadership have sparked a war of prideful words and stubborn one-upmanship, and they are certain to fail, according to renowned economist James K. Galbraith, because they are designed for failure. It is this hypocrisy that prompted former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, when Galbraith arrived in Athens as an... (Lees verder) adviser, to greet him with the words Welcome to the poisoned chalice. In this fascinating, insightful, and thought-provoking collection of essays--which includes letters and private memos to both American and Greek officials, as well as other previously unpublished material--Galbraith examines the crisis, its causes, its course, and its meaning, as well as the viability of the austerity program imposed on the Greek citizenry. It is a trenchant, deeply felt commentary on what the author calls economic policy as moral abomination, and an eye-opening analysis of a contemporary Greek tragedy much greater than the tiny economy of the nation itself.
Pagina's
213
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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