Category Archives: Greece

Felipe González

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   Athens, 10 June 2012 WE DREAMED A DREAM We conclude our reports from Greece with a … Continue reading

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Acropolis now

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  Athens, 9 June 2012 FOOTBALL To the new Acropolis Museum last night. Nice building, courtesy of … Continue reading

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It’s all Greek to me

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  Athens, 8 June 2012 LOSING IN ORDER TO WIN To understand European finance these days, there … Continue reading

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A tale of two cities (2)

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   Athens, 7 June 2012 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK You do not have to go far … Continue reading

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A tale of two cities (1)

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    Athens, 6 June 2012 HOT WATER  Noon.     29° C.    A hotel bedroom … Continue reading

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Athens: business as usual?

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  Athens, 5 June 2012 Well, here we are in the Greek capital. After Rome last week, … Continue reading

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Not walking the talk

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  31 May 2012 ONE LAW FOR THE RICH, ANOTHER FOR THE POOR The Greeks don’t seem … Continue reading

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First Stalingrad, then Berlin

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   Rome, 22 May 2012 Having just rocked up here amid the grey rains of a late … Continue reading

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Nihil sub sole novum

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   21 May 2012 Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Whatever mad acts their rulers perpetrate, it is … Continue reading

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Smelling a rat

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    20 May 2012 POLLS THAT STINK A seminal question about one aspect of the current … Continue reading

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