Greek official plans debt crisis discussion at Headliners Newsmaker, June 21

Greek Minister of Economy and Development Dimitri Papadimitriou plans to discuss the Greek debt crisis and next steps for the European nation at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker in the Club’s Bloomberg Room on Wednesday, June 21, at 11 a.m.

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Papadimitriou is on leave from New York’s Bard College to serve in the Greek government. At Bard, Papadimitriou is a professor of economics and president of the Levy Economics Institute. He is a graduate of Columbia University and received a Ph.D. in economics from the New School for Social Research.

Greece is in its seventh year of a financial crisis that resulted in austerity measures including cuts to public services, and pension and benefits, while simultaneously increasing efforts to boost tax revenue.

The nation has been assisted with bailouts from the European Union and international organizations, however, the Greek economy has been slow to rebound, unemployment stands at roughly 25 percent, and the economy has shrunk by 20 percent since austerity measures began.