Machine generated contents note: -- Dedications -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- About the Editors -- Preface - Introduction: D. Thomakos, P. Monokroussos and K. I. Nikolopoulos -- Part One The INDUSTRY perspective -- 1. A Retrospective on the Great Recession: Causes, Effects and Prospects: I. Lazos -- 2. European Public Finances through the Crisis: F. Montagne -- 3. ECB Monetary Policy and the Euro during the Crisis: A. Vamvakidis -- 4. The Repression of the Financial Markets: R. Sueppel -- 5. Chasing the Tail of Financial Stability: M. Kasumovich -- Part Two The case of GREECE -- 6. An empirical study on Greece's current account determinants before and after the outbreak of the global financial crisis: P. Monokroussos and D. Thomakos -- 7. Greek fiscal multipliers revisited: Government spending cuts vs. tax hikes and the role of public investment expenditure: P. Monokroussos and D. Thomakos -- 8. The Challenge of Restoring Debt Sustainability in a Deep Economic Recession: The case of Greece: P. Monokroussos -- 9. The case for a new reprofilling of Greek public debt and why a relaxation of the bailout program's future fiscal targets may prove to be a self-financing policy shift: Dr Fokion Karavias and P. Monokroussos -- 10. External Debt Crisis: Does it Matter if Global Financial Markets Are Complete?: A. Anagnostopoulos and G. Siourounis -- 11. Foreign Direct Investment, innovation and brain drain in Greece: turning the problem to opportunity: C. Kottaridi -- Part Three CRISIS ECONOMICS and the Road Ahead -- 12. Globalized Finance in Disarray: S. Chakravarty -- 13. The Elephant in the Euro Room: A. Patelis -- 14. From the euro-crisis to a new European economic architecture: M. Arghyrou.

"The recent financial crisis has generated many structural changes within the economy. Many issues are ongoing, and the question of how to recover from the crisis, and how to avoid another one, are continually addressed by scholars and practitioners everywhere. Where there is much discussion within academic and practitioner circles, there is not always adequate interaction between these schools of research. This book provides a thorough overview of the recent financial crisis from the perspective of both industry practitioners and academics specialising in the area. The first part provides practitioner insight on the crisis, and explores the causes and effects and of the recession, European public financing, ECB monetary policy and the Euro, the repression of financial markets, and financial stability. Part two focuses on the case of Greece, as a country still heavily impacted by the crisis, which has undergone various unorthodox policies imposed by the IMF, the ECB the EU. The third part provides insight from researchers and academics, covering an array of Economic theories and revealing new economics architectures available for the future. With informed views from both financial industry practitioners and academics, this book discusses current issues and implementable solutions for a faster post-crisis recovery"--