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In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.
Lucas Papademos
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Lucas Papademos
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 11
Banker
Economist
Former Prime Minister Of Greece
Politician
University Teacher
Loukas Papadimos
Lucas Demetrios Papademos
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Greece
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