We are joined in our latest edition of BM Talks by Alex Patelis, who served as Chief Economic Adviser to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis between 2019-2024. Alex also worked in investment banks including as Managing Director of Global Research at Merrill Lynch and studied under Ben Bernanke for his PhD from Princeton.
We asked:
- Ten years ago, Greece voted No in a referendum to a bailout, only for the new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to perform the exact opposite three weeks later. What happened?
- Greece is now running a primary budget surplus with investment grade debt. How was this achieved?
- What lessons can the rest of the world take from this?
- What does the German "Zeitenwende" mean for the EU?
- Is this the end for the dominance of the US Dollar?
- What advice do you have for Scott Bessent, who also moved from the world of finance into politics?
- What do you think of populism?
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