{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"NYC","provider_url":"https:\/\/nyc-test.webdemo.gr\/en\/","author_name":"manager","author_url":"https:\/\/nyc-test.webdemo.gr\/en\/author\/manager\/","title":"J.B. Say at Bay: Some Lessons from the Greek Crisis - NYC","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3fs6bwx6RV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nyc-test.webdemo.gr\/en\/2018\/01\/29\/jb-say-bay-some-lessons-greek-crisis\/\">J.B. Say at Bay: Some Lessons from the Greek Crisis<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/nyc-test.webdemo.gr\/en\/2018\/01\/29\/jb-say-bay-some-lessons-greek-crisis\/embed\/#?secret=3fs6bwx6RV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;J.B. Say at Bay: Some Lessons from the Greek Crisis&#8221; &#8212; NYC\" data-secret=\"3fs6bwx6RV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/nyc-test.webdemo.gr\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/nyc-test.webdemo.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jb-say-bay-some-lessons-greek-crisis-768x316.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":247,"description":"It was not a long time ago that I came across an article in a well-respected Athenian newspaper which purported to explain the causes underlying the protracted plight of the Greek economy. Given that the author is a top economic adviser to one of Greece's principal political leaders (a self-proclaimed \u201creformist\u201d one, to boot), I thought it would be worthwhile to read it. And so it was, though not for the reasons one might have expected.\u00a0 Indeed, if one had anticipated novel ideas and innovative policy proposals such were not forthcoming; instead, the author's proposed explanation reiterated the anti-austerity mantra that has been incessantly repeated since the (perceived) onset of the crisis in 2010. But is it not astonishing that, after all these years, the country's perception of itself and of the outside world has remained virtually unchanged? And shouldn't one wonder as to what kind of shock(s) it will take for that perception to come nearer to reality?"}