Ποιους εξυπηρετούν οι «Μικρές Εθνικές Εκλογές»
by Τα περιθώρια των πολιτών (και της χώρας) τελείωσαν. We are flying on fumes, που λένε. Τα κυβερνητικά και ηθικά αποθέματα τα εξήντλησε το ΠΑΣΟΚ τις …
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Το παράλληλο σύμπαν
Τα τελευταία χρόνια πολλές έρευνες σε διεθνές και τοπικό επίπεδο καταμαρτυρούν την επιδείνωση του περιβάλλοντος και της ζωής των ανθρώπων. Κάποτε η μετατροπή της φράσης …
Τα απόνερα της Μεταπολίτευσης
Είναι σαφές, νομίζω, ότι τα τελευταία χρόνια καταφέραμε (οι περισσότεροι από εμάς) να απογαλακτισθούμε από τα στερεότυπα της εγχώριας πολιτικής: μεταπολίτευση, δεξιά, αριστερά, ακροδεξιά, άκρα αριστερά, κ.λπ., …
‘Groupthink’ at the Maximos Mansion
According to a definition, ‘groupthink’ is a psychological phenomenon that occurs in a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity (within …
The next big thing
The next big thing in Greek politics will not be the two-party coalition’s political dominance drawn from the successful implementation of MoU’s prior actions. The …
Mumbling our way out of the Greek crisis
If a financial auditor was asked to explain the Greek crisis, they will probably say that everything is about revenues and expenses and the ability …
Troubled strategies in Education
A week ago, on April 22, US Ambassador in Athens Daniel Bennett-Smith, in an interview with state news agency AMNA stressed that “we want to …
Turning Greece around
Analysts remain concerned over the lack of new capital inflow in Greece; the recapitalisation process as well as the ability of Greek politicians to deliver …
Ideology: vested interests or psychodrama?
I think it is clear that in the last few years most Greeks have walked away from the stereotypes of domestic politics: post-junta period, right, left, far-right, extreme-left, etc., seem fragments of a bygone rhetoric, regardless if they are spoken by contemporary people, who continue to dominate the Greek political scene.
Political solutions
The stalemate with the troika has to do with trust. Troika head representatives have been called many things in this country, but being inconsistent is not one of them. Since the beginning of negotiations in 2010, troika people have been steadily arguing for two parallel courses of action: cutting expenses and forwarding structural changes (to liberalise the market, invite competition and boost growth).