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The 13th Labour of Hercules: Inside the Greek Crisis

Categorie	Economie & Management
Boeknummer	#269971
Titel	The 13th Labour of Hercules: Inside the Greek Crisis
Auteur	Palaiologos, Yannis
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London, Portbello Books
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	1846275865
ISBN13	9781846275869
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Since the revelation of its massive hidden deficit in late 2009, Greece has been at the centre of the world's attention. Observers around the globe have watched with morbid fascination as the country has repeatedly flirted with political and financial chaos, as one failed rescue programme has followed another, as extremism spread and its official creditors bickered about the causes of its inability to recover. How did a prosperous, seemingly advanced economy in the heart of Europe collapse so precipitously? And why has it proved so hard for it to stand on its feet again? These are the central questions running through The 13th Labour of Hercules. Through a series of compelling stories - from a cancer sufferer depending on charitable health care, to the Finance Minister charged with clearin... (Lees verder)g up tax evasion, to the union bosses fighting mass unemployment and the workings of a prejudiced, corrupt government - it brings to life the social, cultural and political forces that left Greece defenceless when the global economic hurricane came, and the vicious interplay between economic depression, institutional failure and social breakdown since the country's Great Crisis began.
Pagina's	270
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 5,00

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