In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.

Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework.

Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.

Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution.