Ellie Ismailidou
A “bad haircut” or a necessary bail-in? Economists debate the Cyprus debt crisis at Columbia University
By Ellie Ismailidou “Oh, you are from Cyprus?” said the Vietnamese barista in Toronto to a Cypriot university professor reaching for his Cypriot credit card to pay for coffee. “I wouldn’t take money from your bank right now.” Stavros Zenios, a professor of public and business administration at the University of Cyrpus, told this anecdote […]
A Greek Tragedy: Starting Over in Brooklyn
By Ellie Ismailidou Wearing a blue baseball cap adorned with a white-and-blue Greek flag and bold white letters that read “ATHENS” and “GREECE”, Dimitris Kokotos, 50, approaches the customers that just entered Tom’s Restaurant on Coney Island’s boardwalk. He grabs his notepad from the counter where he keeps a neatly organized stack of receipts, his […]