8-29-17 Greece, by Lynette Zang

After years of preparation, in 2001 Greece was accepted into the EU Monetary Union. The main benefit was the ability to borrow at the same rate as Germany.

And borrow they did, so much so that debt service far outpaced Greece’s ability to pay all this new debt. In May 2011, the Troika (European Commission (EC), ECB and IMF) granted Greece it’s first of four “bail-outs”.

The question is who got bailed out? Who really benefited from all this new debt? The answers to these questions could be our crystal ball, because we now have over seven years to see what it’s like when Technocratic Central Bankers are in full control.

Below Are The Slides And Supportive Links Regarding The EU Monetary Union And The Road To A Greek Debt Reset:

Slide1

http://gulzar05.blogspot.com/2012/06/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis#Fraudulent_statistics

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/business/global/14debt.html?pagewanted=1&hp

Slide 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis

http://voxeu.org/article/greek-debt-restructuring-lessons-learned

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9125614/Graphic-Greeces-bailout-bond-swap-explained.html

Slide 3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austerity_Packages_of_Greece#First_Austerity_Package

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/nov/10/lucas-papademos-greece-coalition-leader-profile

Slide 4

http://www.europeanpensions.net/ep/A-Greek-tragedy.php

Slide 5

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5343&context=faculty_scholarship

Slide 6

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5343&context=faculty_scholarship

https://www.cigionline.org/sites/default/files/cigi_paper_33.pdf

Slide 7

https://www.stlouisfed.org/~/media/Files/PDFs/publications/pub_assets/pdf/re/2012/b/credit_default.pdf

https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/april-2012/a-look-at-credit-default-swaps-and-their-impact-on-the-european-debt-crisis

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5343&context=faculty_scholarship

Slide 8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_mobilization

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/greece-grapples-strikes-despite-mobilization

https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/02/21/greek-bailout-deal-a-farce-to-benefit-banks-at-the-expense-of-greece/#1ad49bd97274

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/world/europe/greek-patience-with-austerity-nears-its-limit-.html?mcubz=1#

Slide 9

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-banks-investigation-insight-idUSBRE93T05820130430 

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5343&context=faculty_scholarship

Slide 10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_mobilization

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2017/03/08/greek-farmers-clash-with-police-over-tax-reforms/98908496/  

Slide 11

http://www.businessinsider.com/greece-debt-grexit-eurozone-imf-2017-3

Slide 12

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33305019

Slide 13

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/07/18/greek-bank-closure-cost-economy-e3-billion-banks-reopen-monday/#270de57e1e7e 

http://www.businessinsider.com/kathimerini-reports-greek-stock-market-will-be-closed-for-a-week-2015-6

http://www.ekathimerini.com/218275/article/ekathimerini/business/capital-controls-to-stay-till-at-least-end-of-2018

Slide 14

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/05/31/many-goods-and-services-in-greece-go-up-june-1st-after-tax-hikes/

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/08/greek-government-to-freeze-pensions-until-2022-as-creditors-require/

http://www.businessinsider.com/greece-sells-piraeus-to-chinese-investors-2016-4

https://www.ft.com/content/7221b849-5627-369c-8337-ce541f44f11a

Slide 15

http://www.ekathimerini.com/210072/article/ekathimerini/news/nearly-half-a-million-greeks-have-left-bank-of-greece-report-finds

https://tradingeconomics.com/greece/asylum-applications

Slide 16

http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2016/08/14/greeks-will-have-to-declare-to-tax-office-even-cash-below-100-euro/

http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2017/01/03/greece-bans-cash-tax-allowance-possible-only-through-payments-via-plastic-money/

http://www.ekathimerini.com/218576/article/ekathimerini/business/tax-authorities-to-chase-undeclared-properties

Slide 17

http://www.dw.com/en/latest-greece-bailout-tranche-approved-will-include-imf-buffer/a-39271008

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis#Fraudulent_statistics

Slide 18

http://www.dw.com/en/most-of-greek-bailout-money-went-to-banks-study/a-19234391

https://press.esmt.org/Greek_bailout

Slide 19

https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2017/06/16/the-annotated-15th-june-2017-eurogroup-statement-on-greece