Iannis Carras

Iannis Carras is an economic and social historian of the 18th century Balkan and Russian worlds. He is active in Greek NGOs and has been a parliamentary candidate in the Athens region for the Greek Green Party.

The colours of disintegration: interpreting the 2012 elections in Greece

Economic depression is as ever a catalyst for change. This map of the terrain launches a series of analyses of the Greek elections and their European ripple effect, as the two parties that have dominated Greek politics since the downfall of the Junta face a “shellacking” and the far right waits in

By Iannis Carras

/ 30 Apr 2012

Structural funds and crocodile tears

Misdirected EU aid has strengthened rent-seeking elements in the Greek economy and fostered political clientelism, writes Iannis Carras. Instead of learning from mistakes, current EU/IMF policy favours construction and privatization of state land, enabled through a legal sleight of hand. Quite apa

By Iannis Carras

/ 8 Jan 2012

A farewell to the Aegean: the EU, the IMF and the destruction of an ancient sea

The EU and IMF plan to 'save' Greece will result in man-made environmental devastation on an unparalleled scale. The construction industry is delighted. But is there any alternative to destroying the Aegean for good?

By Iannis Carras

/ 30 Jun 2011

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And then they began to speak with tongues. And the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all

By Iannis Carras

/ 4 May 2011

If Greece's crisis has political roots, it will have a solution in wide-ranging institutional reform

Greece isn’t working… Reforms need to turn a people that has accustomed itself to practices of excessive consumption courtesy of EU largess, into a nation of creators and producers, actively participating not only in the economic field but also in the creation of communal welfare and the preservat

By Iannis Carras

/ 15 Dec 2010

Orthodoxy: symbols for the new Russia

Patriarch Aleksii died on 5 December 2008. His successor, the new head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will be elected by the Church Council. Both these events have provoked considerable

By Iannis Carras

/ 26 Jan 2009