Understanding the Crisis in Greece From Boom to Bust

As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the working of the Greek political system and the way it relates with the Greek society. It investigates how and why Greece is just the first, prototype country of the fall of the western debt party.

Michael Mitsopoulos (PhD, Boston University) is Co-ordinator of Research and Analysis at the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Greece. He has previously worked in the Greek financial sector and has worked as a ministerial advisor. He has taught as an appointed lecturer at the Economic University of Athens and the University of Piraeus. Theodore Pelagidis is Professor of Economic Analysis at Piraeus University, Greece. He was also a senior professorial fellow at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, during the 2010 spring term.

Introduction
Vikings in Greece: Rents, the Design of the Greek Political System and the Blockage of Reforms
Corruption, Policy Inadequacy and the Greek Constitution
Efficiency and Quality of Justice in Greece
Strong Growth and Weak Institutions: The Greek Paradox Re-considered