Mediterranean Quarterly – To Archeio https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:27:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 Greece, Germany, and the complex issue of war reparations https://toarcheio.org/items/greece-germany-and-the-complex-issue-of-war-reparations/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:09 +0000 http://arc.local/items/greece-germany-and-the-complex-issue-of-war-reparations/ Continued]]> The problem of war reparations for the destruction the German armies inflicted on Greece during World War II has come up again, with justified urgency. Aside from the economic crisis Greece faces today, the German government insists on refusing to meet its obligations. This essay discusses the hitherto unacknowledged issue of reparations regarding the heart of the occupation: the irreversible damages to the physiognomy of the people by setting forth conditions that have led to the de-Hellenization of the Greeks, causing the replacement of cultural traits, traceable back to Hellenic heritage, with modern European ways.

]]> The crisis in the Greek economy and its national implications https://toarcheio.org/items/the-crisis-in-the-greek-economy-and-its-national-implications/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:09 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-crisis-in-the-greek-economy-and-its-national-implications/ Continued]]> The author traces the current economic decline of Greece to domestic and foreign factors but argues persuasively that the collapse of the global economic system was by far the worst cause for the economic issues Greece faces and for that reason he doubts whether the involvement of International Monetary Fund and the European Union in Greece’s domestic affairs will resolve the current crisis.

]]> A new global financial architecture: Lessons from the Greek crisis https://toarcheio.org/items/a-new-global-financial-architecture-lessons-from-the-greek-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:08 +0000 http://arc.local/items/a-new-global-financial-architecture-lessons-from-the-greek-crisis/ Greece’s debt crisis: A national tragedy of European proportions https://toarcheio.org/items/greeces-debt-crisis-a-national-tragedy-of-european-proportions/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:08 +0000 http://arc.local/items/greeces-debt-crisis-a-national-tragedy-of-european-proportions/ Continued]]> Contrary to the view of most analysts, Nikolaos Zahariadis argues that Greece’s debt crisis is a European Union shortcoming with national and global dimensions. This does not mean that Greece’s profligate spending does not play a major role in this tragedy. Zahariadis states that, instead, viewing it simply as a Greek problem that needs to be isolated and “corrected” will not solve a fundamental issue that underlies Europe’s predicament. There cannot be successful monetary integration without robust movement toward fiscal and perhaps political integration.

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