Who’s to Blame for Greece?

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Costs and Benefits for Joining a Common Currency with Emphasis on Weaker Member States: The Pre-crisis Debate

Chapter 3 Greece Before the Crisis: The Critical Years in Domestic Politics

Chapter 4 IMF and EU Reports on Greece

Chapter 5 The Troika Period Reconsidered

Chapter 6 Assessing the Intentions of the Government(s) Since the Ratification of the Maastricht Treaty

Chapter 7 Greece: Why Did the Forceful Internal Devaluation Fail to Kick-Start an Export-Led Growth?

Chapter 8 Giving Greece a Chance to Succeed: Think About the Private Sector, for a Change

Chapter 9 Structural Differences Ensure Permanent Shock Trends That Play into the Above. A Closer and More Democratic Union to Heal Economic Asymmetries and Help Southern European Countries Such as Greece

Chapter 10 The Rise of Populism in Greece and the Impact on the Economy

Chapter 11 Latest Developments as of December 2017

Chapter 12 Conclusions

Chapter 13 How “More Europe” Can Heal the Current Institutional Divergence Hurting in Particular Weaker Member States Like Greece

Chapter 14 From Viking Kleptocratic Pressure Groups to State Capture Through Populism: Buying Votes Through Rent Seeking Clientelistic Partitocracy

Chapter 15 In Defense of Manufacturing

Chapter 16 Greece’s Comparative Advantage as China’s Backdoor to Europe

Chapter 17 Taxing Ourselves to Death: Greece’s Tax Regulations

Chapter 18 How to Finance a Tax Wedge Cut in a Way That Supports Work and Families

Chapter 19 The Greek Economy After Populism: Between Optimism and Substandard Growth

Chapter 20 Final Remarks