Aristos Doxiadis

Aristos Doxiadis is a business economist and venture capital professional based in Athens, who has written on Greek economic institutions, small businesses and opportunistic behaviour.

National populism and xenophobia in Greece

‘National exceptionalism’ has long served as an antidote to the many disappointments that being a Greek has often entailed. But historically, has this now opened the door to populist forces in Greece’s political culture?

By Aristos Doxiadis and Manos Matsaganis

/ 27 Nov 2012

Diversity and uniformity in the Eurozone - making a united Europe work

Underpinning the Euro crisis is a collection of mismatches, of cultures, institutions, expectations and norms between varied European actors and, critically, debtors and creditors. Europe will not survive without unification to smoothe and manage these differences, but it need not be as painful or

By Aristos Doxiadis

/ 4 Jul 2012

The real Greek economy: owners, rentiers and opportunists

Rebuilding the Greek economy will require creative interaction with the underlying realities of Greek society: the family, the small business, the habits of rentocracy and of low-trust opportunism. (This article was first published in Greek in the Athens Review of Books, June 2010)

By Aristos Doxiadis

/ 23 Sep 2010