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Professor Nicholas Economides reacts to Alexis Tsipras' debate with Evangelos Meimarakis in Greece

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "The debate showed that Mr. Tsipras believes that he was successful in the negotiation with the EU, despite the resulting capital controls, reversal of growth to a significant recession in 2015, and severe losses of the public’s money invested in Greek banks,' said Nicholas Economides, a professor of economics at Stern School of Business, in New York. 'Neither candidate committed on specific ways to adjust or modify the agreement and reduce its severity since it was signed at the worst possible point in time for Greece.'"

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