For years, Greece has been trying to attack corruption and tax evasion, from the smallest taverna owner to the nation’s most powerful oligarchs. Now, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is vowing…
A prominent Greek minister defied his government΄s pledge to press on with some state asset sales, revealing the first open dissent within Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras΄s coalition and highlighting the…
George Papaconstantinou accused of removing relatives’ from list of suspected tax evaders and could face life sentence if convicted of crime against the state
James K. Galbraith, who has worked closely with Varoufakis, offers his reading of this week΄s deal, challenging widespread reports in the media of a defeat for SYRIZA. "Alexis Tsipras stated…
For the sake not just of Greece but the whole eurozone, Germany must overcome its historic horror of inflation and embrace fiscal expansion
Introducing a parallel currency would create money and delay Greece’s inevitable financial default. But the strategy will only work if investors believe the country won’t collapse
On Friday night the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, averted total surrender to a German led demand for Greece to implement the total austerity programme of its former conservative government.…
Athens is proposing reasonable concessions. Berlin needs to accept them.
Varoufakis is the first heterodox academic economist, a critic of the dominant neo-classical tradition that holds sway in university departments, to make it into power. His ascent sends a warning…
Is the European taxpayer footing Greece΄s bill? This article debunks some common myths about the Greek crisis