Public debt crisis, austerity and deflation: the case of Greece

Marica Frangakis
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Marica Frangakis: Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Athens, Greece

Review of Keynesian Economics, 2015, vol. 3, issue 3, 295-313

Abstract: Greece is the country in which the eurozone's public debt crisis began in late 2009. The policy response of the EU elites was to provide financial assistance on condition that a strict austerity-cum-deregulation policy is applied under the watchful guidance of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF (the so-called Troika). Five years later, the country is in an economic, social and political limbo, as a debt-deflation process has set in. Greece, however, is not a special case. Rather, it illustrates the failures of the prevailing economic and political orthodoxy in the EU. At best, it can serve as an example of the cost of ignoring the lessons of the 1930s Great Depression.

Keywords: austerity; eurozone crisis; public debt; deflation; depression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E65 E66 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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