The efficient North and the tribal South: Some clarifications needed. The proposed ethical dualism of a moral North and a corrupt South leads to a certain Paradox. Northern European Governments, including most of EU’s decision-making bodies have fought very hard to convince the Greek people to trust the austerity policies of the very same parties (and figurers) that are responsible for the mess the country is in. These are… “the centre-right New Democracy and Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok), the coalition partners, many of whom (lawmakers) rely on “rousfetia” – carrying out political favours – for their constituents to win re-election.” (FT, 16/07/2013). As for the (relatively) young politician who has been assigned the task to reform the Public Sector (i.e. lay-offs, rationalisation, etc.), read what the Financial Times wrote in a previous entry: “The son of a former prime minister known (the father) for making thousands of rousfeti appointments during his political career” (FT, 16/07/2013).
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:12:40 +0000
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