'The European Debt Crisis: The Greek Case'
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Speakers
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Costas Simitis, Former Greek Prime Minister
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Chairs
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Professor Kevin Featherstone
Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Dr Spyros Economides
Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor, LSE
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Date
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Tuesday, 09 December 2014
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Venue
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Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
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Time
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18:30-20:00
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Event Poster
Abstract
In this book, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece. Greece was the first Eurozone country to face an enormous deficit, which reached 15% of GDP in 2009. As the Greek crisis unfolded, other Eurozone countries displayed identical symptoms, albeit in varying degrees of severity. From a strictly Greek predicament the debt crisis quickly turned into a problem for the European Union as a whole. This first English language translation investigates the causes of this spillover and chronicles the policy responses to combat it. It also discusses Greece’s troubled political economy, the country’s difficulties in adjusting to the demands of its creditors and the vehement social and political reactions to the policy of austerity.
Through his comprehensive and authoritative analysis, Simitis provides valuable insights into the crucial interconnection between Greece’s own economic troubles and the wider European search for macroeconomic stability and sustainable economic growth. As such, the book appeals well beyond those with a narrow academic interest in Greece. This is very much a discussion about the future of the Eurozone and the European Union as a whole.
Photos
Group photo (left to right): Professor Dimitris Papadimitriou, University of Manchester; Dr Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor, International Relations and European Politics; Mr Costas Simitis, Former Greek Prime Minister; Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; H.E. Mr Konstantinos Bikas, Ambassador of Greece, UK; Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis, Associate Professor in the Political Economy of South East Europe
Professor Kevin Featherstone introduces the former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis
Dr Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor, International Relations and European Politics
Mr Simitis presented his new book to a full house
The audience at the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis opens the Q&A session
Mr Simitis was presented with LSE's coat of arms at the end of the event
He also signed LSE's Visitor's Book
Photography supplied courtesy of Antonios Fiala- A.Fiala@lse.ac.uk