Economic Crisis

Why Greece is Targeting Tax Evaders

By The World ⋅ January 24, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

Euro banknotes (Illustration: Andrew Netzler)

Greece is hurting financially and the new interim government think it has a solution: go after tax evaders.

Greek Parents Losing Children to Poverty

By The World ⋅ January 6, 2012 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

The Greek economic crisis has left many people jobless and with very little to survive on.

Charities in Greece say parents are increasingly asking the groups to take in their children because they are too poor to raise them.

Europe’s Continuing Debt Crisis

By The World ⋅ December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

The European debt crisis has engulfed the 17 countries that use the euro and is already having an impact on this side of the Atlantic.

Greek Home Owners Get Hit With Emergency Property Tax

By The World ⋅ December 21, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Greek Flag (Photo: Oscar Alexander/Flickr)

The cash-strapped Greek government is hoping to raise 2 billion euros by the end of the year through an emergency property tax which has been added to homeowner’s electricity bills.

Lucas Papademos: The New Man In Greece

By The World ⋅ November 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Lucas Papademos (Photo: Greek Finance Ministry/Wiki Commons)

Former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos has been named as Greece’s new prime minister, following days of negotiations. Papademos said he was taking over at a “critical point” for Greece.

The Oligarchs of Greece

By The World ⋅ November 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Greece’s powerful oligarchs exert influence over business, finance and media. And the government sees the oligarchs as some of the biggest tax evaders in Greece.

Greeks Fed Up With Austerity

By Clark Boyd ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

Many Greeks have had enough of the austerity measures intended to keep the country from defaulting. Some of them are starting to say “No.”

Greece on Strike

By Clark Boyd ⋅ October 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

General Strike in Greece (Photo: Clark Boyd)

The Greek government is planning more cut-backs, but public sector workers say they’re already reeling from wage cuts and other austerity measures.

How Greece Connects to the 2008 Wall Street Meltdown

By The World ⋅ October 19, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Protest march in Athens (Photo: Nick Krapsis/Flickr)

Richard Parker has been advising Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. He tells host Lisa Mullins that Greek’s fiscal crisis is not an isolated event, but the ongoing echo of the 2008 Wall Street meltdown.

Greek Humor in Times of Crisis

By Clark Boyd ⋅ October 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Amid all the economic doom and gloom coming from Greece these days, you’d think the Greeks don’t have much to laugh about. But actually, humor is alive and well in Greece, and it’s helping many cope with some dark times.