Reality Check: Are the Greeks all that lazy?
Mehdi Hasan debunks the myth that Greeks are to blame for their economic woes.
“No! No more billions for greedy Greeks,” was the headline printed inside Europe’s best-selling daily newspaper, BILD, earlier this year.
The caricature of the greedy, lazy and profligate Greeks is often spewed out by German politicians and pundits, but the numbers don’t add up.
In this Reality Check, Hasan debunks the myth that Greeks are to blame for their economic woes, and instead points to the real issue: austerity.
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Published On 27 Sep 2015