Ο Βαγγέλης Κούτσιας από το New Mexico και ο Γιώργος Κοτσορίδης μας στέλνουν δυο κείμενα. Στο ένα κείμενο ο αμερικανός κ.Hudson προσπαθεί να εξηγήσει την παράξενη για τους δυτικούς συμποριφορά των Ελλήνων, με όρους ιστορικής συνέχειας. Ο άλλος περιγράφει γλαφυρά μια πτυχή του φαινομένου. ''Draping the Acropolis with a hammer-and-sickle banner might seem a stupid public relations stunt—especially as a bankrupt Greece seeks to reassure foreign capitalist investors to save Hellenic socialism.
But then the news coming out of Greece these days gets a little more bizarre each day—fire-bombings, murders, riot, and mass shutdowns of all government services. All this chaos, of course, is streamed live to the world on the eve of the life-saving tourist season.
Indeed, no one can quite figure out the Greek enigma. Necessary austerity measures may well ensure recession. Yet any slowdown precludes enough economic growth to pay off exorbitant public debt. High interest is necessary to attract risk-prone investors, but will probably ensure that some $140 billion in loans—over $12,000 for every Greek in the country—can never be wholly serviced. Strikes and demonstrations come at just the time when workers need to be more productive on the job. Greek officials talk of reducing, not eliminating, annual deficits, at a time when budget surpluses, not further borrowing, are needed to restore financial sanity..''
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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