Comments on: Random shots for September 29 http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/ Thinking Out Loud Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:35:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Brekis http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Brekis Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:34:50 +0000 http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/#comment-50 ^^You may be right Demosthenes. The 'growth pains' will need to happen sooner or later. Greece has little manufacturing, a releatively weak service and financial sector, crippling external debt, a bloated public sector, and a pension system that is unsustainable over the medium to long term. Either this generation, or the next, will have to pay for the errors of their previous generations. ^^You may be right Demosthenes. The ‘growth pains’ will need to happen sooner or later. Greece has little manufacturing, a releatively weak service and financial sector, crippling external debt, a bloated public sector, and a pension system that is unsustainable over the medium to long term.

Either this generation, or the next, will have to pay for the errors of their previous generations.

]]> By: Demosthenes http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Demosthenes Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:10:12 +0000 http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/#comment-42 ... but maybe we've come to the end of the road presently... you'll see... … but maybe we’ve come to the end of the road presently… you’ll see…

]]> By: Brekis http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Brekis Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:34:21 +0000 http://www.sphaeraephemeris.com/2009/09/29/random-shots-for-september-29/#comment-41 "Of course, few Greeks see any other trouble but the economy. The vision of a world where people need to work and produce and accumulate wealth without basing everything on excuses hinged on somebody else’s omissions or commissions (the European Union? the Americans? the Turks? the Brits? who…?) makes Greeks very uneasy. The writing though is on the wall and it has been there for the longest time only everybody chose to ignore it." For years people have been saying that Greeks will need to face a 'harsh reality', yet they continue to beat the odds. Why is this? Why is it that Greeks manage to avoid facing the music like the rest of the civilised world? It was understandable in the 70s' and 80's, but for years the 'experts' predicted the doom and gloom scenario of post-Olympics Greece and it failed to materialize. Five years on, Greece has received little more than a slap on the wrist. The economy isn't exactly in great shape, but it's no different from the rest of the OECD. Yannaris' commentary was interesting, at least what i could understand of it, but Greeks appear to have discovered the elixir of life - the ultimate escape route. And it has served them well for the past 20 years, getting them out of trouble time and time again. It's evident that Greeks are highly creative individuals when they need to be. Imagine if they focussed their attention on something worthwhile? Look out world!! “Of course, few Greeks see any other trouble but the economy. The vision of a world where people need to work and produce and accumulate wealth without basing everything on excuses hinged on somebody else’s omissions or commissions (the European Union? the Americans? the Turks? the Brits? who…?) makes Greeks very uneasy. The writing though is on the wall and it has been there for the longest time only everybody chose to ignore it.”

For years people have been saying that Greeks will need to face a ‘harsh reality’, yet they continue to beat the odds. Why is this? Why is it that Greeks manage to avoid facing the music like the rest of the civilised world? It was understandable in the 70s’ and 80’s, but for years the ‘experts’ predicted the doom and gloom scenario of post-Olympics Greece and it failed to materialize. Five years on, Greece has received little more than a slap on the wrist. The economy isn’t exactly in great shape, but it’s no different from the rest of the OECD.

Yannaris’ commentary was interesting, at least what i could understand of it, but Greeks appear to have discovered the elixir of life – the ultimate escape route. And it has served them well for the past 20 years, getting them out of trouble time and time again.

It’s evident that Greeks are highly creative individuals when they need to be. Imagine if they focussed their attention on something worthwhile?

Look out world!!

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