Greek Foreign Trade and Finance

This book examines the role of international trade and finance in the Greek economy since the beginnings of the Greek state two centuries ago to the present day. It focuses on the benefits and challenges of Greece’s economic dependence on the larger and higher income countries of Western Europe, and in particular the European Union, have played in its economic development. The volume begins by examining Greece’s links to Europe in the 19th century and its desultory participation in the Latin Mon