Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics, UK. Former Minister of Finance for Greece (2002-2003) and Acting Chairman of the Eurogroup.

Prologue / Introduction: The spectre of Grexit / PART I: THE RUN-UP TO THE CRISIS / 1. Origins: How Greece was engulfed in the crisis / 2. Complacency: Was the 2010 bail-out really inevitable? / 3. Reinventing the past: Should Greece have joined the Euro? / PART II: THE BAILOUT YEARS / 4. Getting it wrong: An appraisal of the austerity program / 5. The vicious circle: Snowballs, haircuts and hazards / PART III: THE ILLUSIONS / 6. Change currency? Illusions and miscalculations / 7. History lessons: The collapse in interwar Greece / 8. Modern lessons: Default and collapse in Argentina / PART IV: THE ESCAPE / 9. Getting it right: End recession and stabilize public debt / 10. A road map for growth: Some key fiscal reforms / 11. The feasible prosperity: A new contract for Greece / 12. The political economy of drachma: Lower wages, more inequalities / Epilogue: After the Left's victory in Greece

Written by a former Greek Minister of Finance, this book analyses the past, present and future of the Greek Crisis.