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View of Lycabbetus Hill and Piraeus (Athens, Greece) taken from Mt. Penteli (Nikon D70, Nikkor 70-300mm lens). Not bad for a quick late afternoon hike in the old “back yard”!
I’d love to take credit for this shot, but alas I cannot tell a lie. It was taken by my wife (on her Nokia cell phone, believe it or not) on the slopes near Kalavryta, Greece, just after New Year’s 2012. Now that’s what I call a brilliant start to the new year!
Taken over the waters near Mt. Athos, Greece with my Nikon D-70. And this is what I wish for you in the year ahead: blue skies forever…and the wind at your back.
For all the problems afflicting Greece these days, at least we still have this…
Courtesy of award-winning photographer Anton Harfst and his lovely wife and business partner Laurien van den Hoven of Photothema – Storytelling Photography, below is a link to their website featuring photos taken by participants in the recent outdoor photography tour “In the Footsteps of the Paladins”, based on my critically acclaimed novel, ‘The Guardians of Time’. I had the … Continue reading
ECB Chief Jean-Claude Trichet, in explaining his view of a financial ‘global doctrine’, today cited Germany’s low unemployment rate as justification for the fiscal austerity policies pursued by the EU in regard to the so-called ‘peripheral’ countries. According to Trichet, Germany today has lower unemployment than “before Lehman”, which the central banker claimed was proof … Continue reading
Dateline: Athens Amidst reports that Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has struck a deal with the so-called ‘troika’ – the EU, ECB and the IMF – to extend the maturities of Greek sovereign debt through 2014 and to throw more money into the ailing country against a promise of increased fiscal austerity, the currency markets today … Continue reading
Moody’s downgraded Greece’s sovereign debt rating to Caa1, with a negative outlook, from its recent low of B1. But apparently we shouldn’t worry too much. Apparently only 50% of countries rated Caa1 default, and that within 5 years. Then again, weren’t Moody’s among the rating agencies who A-rated tons of mortgage-backed securities?
I just came back from a talk given by Dr. Dani Rodrik (Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the JFK School of Government, Harvard) at a meeting of the Harvard Business School Club of Greece. I was left with several impressions, among which were the following: (1) Dr. Rodrik very articulately concludes from his … Continue reading
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