Why can’t Greece get out of debt?
By Sébastien Villemot Between 2007 and 2015, Greece’s public debt rose from 103% to 179% [1] of its GDP (see chart below). The debt-to-GDP ratio […]
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Greece: When history repeats itself
By Jacques Le Cacheux The duration of the Greek crisis and the harshness of the series of austerity plans that have been imposed on it […]
Is Greece in the process of divorce?
By Jérôme Creel The ongoing Greek saga is looking more and more like an old American TV series. JR Ewing returns to the family table […]
Greece: an agreement, again and again
By Céline Antonin, Raul Sampognaro, Xavier Timbeau, Sébastien Villemot … La même nuit que la nuit d’avant […The same […]
Greece on a tightrope
By Céline Antonin, Raul Sampognaro, Xavier Timbeau and Sébastien Villemot This text summarizes the special study, “Greece on a tightrope” Since early 2015, Greece’s new government has […]
The Greek Sisyphus and its public debt: towards an end to the ordeal?
By Céline Antonin After its failure to elect a new President by a qualified majority vote, the Greek Parliament was dissolved, with early elections to […]
Would returning to the drachma be an overwhelming tragedy?
by Céline Antonin Following the vote in the Greek parliamentary elections on 17 June 2012, the spectre of the country leaving the euro zone has […]
What risks face the Greeks if they return to the drachma?
By Anne-Laure Delatte (associate researcher of the Forecasting Department) The debate about whether the Greeks will stay in the euro zone is intensifying. Christine Lagarde, […]