expenditures

When we discuss salaries in Greece today, we are basically referring to the skeletal remains of pre-crisis earnings. But even this reduced salary must somehow be spent on a monthly basis to cover families' basic needs. Where exactly do Greeks...

Even as they remain incapable of covering most of their basic needs, many Greeks are still forced to give “fakelakia” (bribes) to public hospital doctors in order to be treated properly and on time. One of the more surprising aspects of Greece's crisis has...