Insolvency Protection and Fairness for Greece: Implementing the Raffer Proposal Kunibert Raffer

The financial crisis in Greece and the ‘austerity measures’ being imposed on the country has lead to disastrous results for the economy. Contrary to mainstream prescriptions that seek to bailout big financial institutions at the expense of the real economy, an alternative proposal that was originally proposed by the author has gained much credence. The ”Raffer Proposal” (also known as the Fair Transparent Arbitration Procedure (FTAP)) has been endorsed and propagated by many noteworthy economists, NGOs, and the Jubilee Movement. This article espouses the basic tenets of the Proposal and explains how it can help resolve the Greek crisis.

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