Detail The Labours of Austerity; Greece's Economic Woes   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 399 no. 8728 (Apr. 2011), page 72-74. Topik: Crisis; International Rescue Funds; Public Finances Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.65 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel When the ancient Greeks invented the word "crisis" they had in mind a short period of acute stress. The modern Greeks have been experiencing crisis for over a year and no end is in sight. As Portugal this week joined Ireland and Greece in requesting international rescue funds, it would have drawn little comfort from the example in the eastern Mediterranean. The mood in Greece is one of deepening pessimism. A plan drawn up last May to sort out the country's public finances risks trapping the economy instead. At Syntagma, the Athenian square opposite the parliament, taxi-drivers picking up fares report falls of 40% or more in custom. Bar-owners in nearby streets hassle tourists to fill seats in near-empty restaurants. In smart Kolonaki, streets are scarred by the boarded-up premises of failed shops. Tourists snap away at the Parthenon on the Acropolis but the city's prime attraction is hardly teeming. Nine hotels in the centre have closed in recent months. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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