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In early 2010, lest it default on its debts and exit the Eurozone, the Greek government requested financial assistance from foreign lenders. In exchange, it undertook to initiate reforms and apply a long-term, harsh austerity program. Based on a close reading of the periodic reviews submitted by the IMF staff, this chapter is a step-by-step analysis of how the economic crisis unfolded in Greece in the critical period between the bailout in May 2010 and the national elections of 2012.
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Pappas, T.S. (2014). Economic Crisis. In: Populism and Crisis Politics in Greece. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137410580_9
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