Greece: Not at a Bifurcation, but on a Foreseen Trajectory
Bifurcation theory is a branch of mathematics, but, it is also a way to describe a point where something will move along one of two paths—a possible way to talk about dilemmas. However, in order to pose a dilemma, the conditions and framework must exist.. If not, we are simply discussing a desire for dilemmas, an obsession with change, or a blunt way to describe incremental and unstable steps of change. So, where does Greece stand now? Greece has been officially in a crisis for more than 15 years. Since 2009, when the deficit of the Greek public debt was discovered and the economic salvation process began, until now. But the grim reality is that Greece has not been in a crisis only since then. The cultural, social, and economic processes that led to the collapse of 2009 had been known at least since 1990. When Xenophon Zolotas, one of the chief economists and temporary prime minister of Greece, realized that both Andreas Papandreou and Constantinos Mitsotakis would lead Greece to colla...