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

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George Papandreou
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 16
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Greece
Politician
Sociologist
St Paul
Minnesota
George Andreas Papandreou
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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.
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I think there is a heritage which I’m proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.
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In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.
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Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.
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Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of all of Europe and the other problems that Europe has.
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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.
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I never thought of politics as a profession.
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