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Based on a true story of a Greek unemployed middle aged man this book presents the post-crisis life in Greece and examines the reasons of the Greek crisis explaining in simple words the structure of the financial system and the Euro integration.

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At the onset of the Greek crisis, Manos, a successful middle-aged businessman, loses his job. Without employment opportunities and in serious debts he retreats into a small sea-side town near Athens in what used to be his family´s summer house.

Sitting on his balcony one morning he looks at the bright blue sky and the crystal clear sea. He wonders why he is feeling desperate in such beautiful surroundings. He wonders why his country, full of resources and qualified people, is in despair too. What brought Greece to its knees? He is not satisfied with the answers he receives from the media. Going out of his house he meets several people such as a baker, a priest and a British retired banker, who all have their own explanation.

Based on a true story, this book follows one day in Manos´s life to shed light on post-crisis life in Greece and the real reasons behind the Greek debt. In easy words it explains the structure of the current financial system and the European integration. It eventually shows what really caused the crisis, first in Greece and then in Europe. Can Greece survive the crisis? Is there a solution for Europe?

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Angelos Ioannis was born in Athens in May 1977. After finishing the German School of Athens in 1995 he enrolled in the University of Piraeus where he obtained his bachelor s degree in economics with excellence. In 2002 he finished his studies at the American University in Washington D.C. receiving a master s degree in business administration. He received his PhD in association algorithms at the Panteion University in Athens, where he continued teaching Applied Informatics for five years. Since 2007 Angelos has lived and worked in Germany, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Singapore and Malaysia. In 2011 he published his first book "The Reencounter", a historical romance.

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