Review of Greece’s ‘Odious’ Debt, by Jason Manolopoulos

Jason Manolopoulos, Greece’s ‘Odious’ Debt, Anthem Press, London, New York and Delhi, May 2011, 304 pages

This is a very necessary book. It is not the first book to be spawned by Europe’s crisis, it is not the most learned, it does not propose many answers and it most certainly will not be the last word on the subject. But it contains, within its easy-to-read pages, all you need to know about Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, and the political aspirations and hubris that created it. It also