About this episode

Alex Patelis discusses his experiences as Chief Economic Adviser to the Greek Prime Minister and the implications of Greece's past referendum decisions.

We are joined in our latest edition of BM Talks by Alex Patelis, who served as Chief Economic Adviser to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis between 2019-2024. Alex also worked in investment banks including as Managing Director of Global Research at Merrill Lynch and studied under Ben Bernanke for his PhD from Princeton. We asked: Ten years ago, Greece voted No in a referendum to a bailout, only for the new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to perform the exact opposite three weeks lat...

People in this episode

Host: BlondeMoney

Guest: Alex Patelis

Topics covered

• Greek economy
• political history
• investment banking
• economic advisory
• referendum analysis

Keywords

• Greece
• economic adviser
• referendum
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis
• Alexis Tsipras
• Merrill Lynch
• Ben Bernanke

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Merrill Lynch, Princeton

Places: Greece

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