Ex-Greek prime minister to be Harvard fellow

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Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will join Harvard's Institute of Politics this fall as a visiting fellow.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will join Harvard's Institute of Politics this fall as a visiting fellow.

Papandreou was prime minister of Greece from October 2009 to November 2011. Visiting fellows traditionally meet with student groups, lead discussion groups on topical issues and their experiences in public service, and participate in public policy classes with students and Harvard University faculty.

The Institute of Politics, located at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, also announced its resident fellows for the fall semester. They include former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle; John Carr, executive director for justice, peace and human development for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Nina Easton, senior editor and Washington columnist for Fortune magazine.

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July 12, 2012

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1. Philip Vorgias wrote on July 12, 2012 11:06 AM	He was a doofus as PM, maybe he'll be a better 'fellow' sitting at some Ivory Tower collecting a salary for doing nothing?

2. Urania Glassman wrote on July 13, 2012 12:37 AM	The first time it is tragedy; the second time farce. We are at the cusp of making a film farce. Picture him on UTube discussing governance with the Harvard students.

3. Philip Vorgias wrote on July 13, 2012 6:40 AM	Shoveling BS to students at Harvard is probably his first, best role. Ex national leaders used to retire to quiet, respectable oblivion. Now they get hired into think tanks at high salaries and end their days pontificating on how they ran their nations into the ground. It's a reflection on the times, I guess.

4. Aristide Caratzas wrote on July 13, 2012 3:38 PM	He was the most incompetent of Greek prime ministers and in fact it would be interesting to find his (US) college record -- something tells us that it would not reflect greater competence. The fact that this person made it to the leadership of PASOK (Panhellenic "Socialist" Movement) tell us about a failed system, corruption and nepotism, the problems that have brought Greece to its knees. And this guy finished Greece off, probably because he never quite understood what he was negotiating. His stupidity made some speculator-types massive amounts of money -- on the back of the Greek people. ["Sosialistis" in Greek can also mean a "social thief," as in "listis"=thief or brigand]

5. Philip Vorgias wrote on July 13, 2012 3:47 PM	Georgaki wasn't too competent, but then again neither was his father. Andreas set in motion most of the socialist nonsense which brought Greece to it's knees. To be completely honest from the perspective of a free-marketer Greece hasn't had a good PM in many, many decades-certainly not in modern times. Karamanlis give lip service to reforms, but all the while his ministers were practicing the same old corruption while he slept. Costas was a weakling.

6. Aristide Caratzas wrote on July 13, 2012 4:43 PM	Actually Philip, I disagree with your assessment of Andreas: he was very competent in achieving the goals he set for himself, namely to become a pasha, or another way, the Juan Peron of Greece. All Andreas cared about was to have the whole country in his hands, all the money, all the women, etc... He was the master of corruption, and went so far as to admit it at one point, when one of his minions stole more than had been allotted, saying "we all have to 'eat,' but not 200 million" [I think that was the amount he mentioned]. While he destroyed the business and agriculture sectors, he made up for it by borrowing — between 1981-1985 he borrowed ±$35 billion (Greece had virtually no debt in 1981, other than defense-related "rubber" loans). Greece's cultural, psychological and financial crises have their roots in Andreas' success!...

7. Niko Seretis wrote on July 13, 2012 6:28 PM	Andreas P. was the worst thing that could have happened to Greece in her modern history. The second worst was his son. Costas K. Jr. had the right idea but was very weak and gave up after his own party went against him, because they couldn't steal enough. Greece hasn't had a competent leader since the elder Karamanlis.
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