Interview with Professor Elias Papaioannou: Understanding Stormy Greek Political Economy Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey (Research Turkey) conducted a crucial interview with Professor Elias Papaioannou on last turbulent economic and political year of Greece. The global financial crisis of the late 2000s hit Greece particularly hard, as the legacy of high public spending and widespread tax evasion combined with the credit crunch and the resulting recession to leave the country with a crippling debt burden. Six years of recession beginning in 2008 reduced the economy by about a quarter of its previous size and drove unemployment to record […]