# Professor Nicholas Economides discusses the referendum on Greece's bailout terms

1 Faculty News June 30, 2015 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-30/most-greeks-to-vote-yes-on-bailout-terms-economides-says) -- "\[The referendum\] was quite unexpected. I thought that the Greek government and the lenders were very close to an agreement and then suddenly, the Greek prime minister did not want to take responsibility for the agreement and instead called a referendum to throw the responsibility to the Greek people."

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