Who’s to Blame for Greece?

1. Introduction
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

Part I. The “Party Period” before the Crisis

2. The Costs and Benefits for Joining a Common Currency with Emphasis on Weaker Member States: The Pre-Crisis Debate
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

3. Greece before the Crisis: The Critical Years in Domestic Politics
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

4. IMF and EU Reports on Greece
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

Part II. Greece’s Free Fall 2010–2013

5. The Troika Period Reconsidered
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

6. Assessing the Intentions of the Government(s) since the Ratification of the Maastricht Treaty
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

Part III. Looking Ahead

7. Greece: Why Did the Forceful Internal Devaluation Fail to Kick-start an Export-Led Growth?
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

8. Giving Greece a Chance to Succeed
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

9. How to Design a Closer and More Democratic Union
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

10. Conclusions
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

11. Afterword
Theodore Pelagidis, Michael Mitsopoulos

Keywords: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Economics, Economic Policy, Public Finance, Economic History, Political Economy