Greece has a thriving economy . . . but it’s not the official, tax-paying one:
The Greek government is trying to recover billions of euros lost to tax evasion as part of its austerity programme, but as the BBC’s Malcolm Brabant finds, many Greeks see it as their right to keep as much black money as possible.
A good friend of mine bent my ear with a vengeance on the day the Greek government cranked up its austerity programme another notch.
“My husband is thinking of writing the word vlacha on his forehead in very big letters,” she said.
Vlacha means stupid.
Her husband’s name is Stelios and he is anything but a stupid man.
Stelios is a leading cancer specialist whose dedication to saving lives is such that he rarely takes time off, or holidays.
But he has come to the conclusion that he is stupid because he has been honest.
