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Wasting time

The Ministry of Finance shows, as a rule, a certain self-restraint. It knows it is walking a tightrope.

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02.07.2024 / 12:03

Has the government reached a tipping point?

That things were not going well was already blatantly obvious – only the distortive lens of arrogance could make people who didn’t want to face up to the truth think otherwise.

25.06.2024 / 07:34

Forging ahead in the wrong direction

What was the main conclusion drawn by the government from the results of the recent European Parliament election? That it has to focus all of its energy on the everyday problems faced by citizens.

27.05.2024 / 22:05

Why salaries aren’t going up

Raising salaries is said to be the best medicine for rising prices; it is easy, it is clear – and it is wrong. Runaway prices can only be reined back in by liberating competition from the constraints of the cartels.

17.05.2024 / 10:10

Are we doing well?

The management of public opinion is among the tasks of every government. In a developed democracy one would argue that this management must focus on a continuous and systematic explanation of its strategy for the achievement of explicitly stated goals, so as to dispel confusion and remove unavoidable obstacles to policy making.

29.04.2024 / 11:00

Our voicelessness

We are marching toward the European Parliament elections by discussing everything, as long as it is unrelated to the elections themselves.

20.04.2024 / 17:20

Two paradoxes in a row

On what criteria is Greece’s European strategy based? The question arises from our country’s completely paradoxical attitude on two major issues: first, the single market, and second, the debate on the joint defense bonds. 

10.04.2024 / 22:12

Eurostat and the shielded economy

Managing public opinion is one of the tasks of every government. Some governments understand this process as a necessary, continuous, systematic explanation of their strategy to the country’s citizens, to make it understandable and remove any unavoidable obstacles to its implementation. 

03.04.2024 / 15:00

New Democracy’s dominance

Is something really going on in Greece’s politics? A cursory answer would be negative, that nothing worthwhile is happening.

25.03.2024 / 09:03

Wasting time

So how are we doing? The economy is expanding, if not at a high rate, at least at a rate higher than the eurozone average, the public debt as a percentage of GDP is decreasing, the targets for primary surpluses are not difficult to achieve.

21.02.2024 / 10:55

What the farmer learned

What is the problem with our agricultural economy? If it was only or mainly about money, the huge amount of funding that has flowed into Greece as income support and subsidies for investments from European funds after the country joined the European Economic Community (EEC), would have solved all its problems.

18.02.2024 / 16:00

Work below cost

How strong is the Greek economy, really? Whatever may have been said, there are some safe criteria by which to assess its state. It is only as strong as the labor market, the jobs created and the wages offered.

02.02.2024 / 22:32

Do we want industry in Europe?

Before you rush to answer in the affirmative, here are two important news stories that – as so often is the case with important news – went largely unnoticed last week.

25.01.2024 / 21:32

Marriage and dead-end policies

Is the conservative New Democracy government enjoying its political dominance? Undeniably. But it is a mildly problematic dominance. As all opinion polls show, it is not based on the positive acceptance of government policy by a broad popular majority, but on the fear of anarchy and political instability. A stunningly high percentage of around 70% […]

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