Monday, June 29, 2015

Black Humor for a Eurozone Black Friday

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In rejecting the Brussels Austerity 3.0 Agreement, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras surprised everyone last Friday with his call for a Ju...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good: Grexit and Sant’Anna di Stazzema (Sketches in European Solidarity III)

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  The memorial plaque at the Sant’Anna di Stazzema National Peace Park bearing the names of the 560 victims of the August 12, 1944 massacr...
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Eurozone Mixed Metaphor Barnyard Merry-go-round

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“The cow has been skating on thin ice for too long,” Mr Juncker said ahead of his meeting with Mr Tsipras. “We have to take the cow off the...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Miracle of the Fish and Loaves: Greece Meets May 12 IMF Payment!

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The Miracle of May 12: Greece manages to make €757 million IMF payment (fish: right) while continuing to pay domestic salaries and pensions...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

The Welfare State Perpetuum Mobile: Is Greece Reinventing the Clientelist Wheel (aka the Circular Flow)?

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    Left: Perpetuum Mobile of Villard de Honnecourt (about 1230). Right: Boyle’s self-flowing flask (18th century). Source: Wikimedia Com...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

From Game of Turkey to Rock-Paper-Scissors: Musical Turkey for Greece?

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With the Greek debt negotiations moving into their final genuinely unavoidably ultimate showdown this week, the game has incremented to a ne...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Sketches in European Solidarity II: Gregorios Sachinidis

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     Thessaloniki taxi driver Gregorios Sachinidis sitting for the last time behind the wheel of his record-breaking Mercedes-Benz 240D (4....