# Prof. Nicholas Economides on Greece abandoning the euro

1 Faculty News May 31, 2012 ![BBC News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030504.jpg?itok=xD3gBRnr)>

Excerpt from [BBC](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/ECONOMIDES_BBC_05312012.mp4) -- "I'm hopeful that people are not going to vote getting out of the euro because that would be a complete disaster for Greece, it would bring Greece to poverty ..."

[Watch the video  ](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/ECONOMIDES_BBC_05312012.mp4)