How is the credibility of a country rebuilt when it has reached the edge of the abyss?

Alexis Patelis, Head of the Prime Minister's Economic Office (2019-2024), narrates from the inside the "great comeback" of Greece: from capital controls and international doubt, just a breath away from global ostracism, to the recovery of investment grade. With scenes behind closed doors in London, New York, and Davos, he captures the backstage of a journey that made us proud of Greece abroad once again.

Amid the pandemic, international turbulence, and natural disasters, we witness the gradual transformation of the country's image from international pariah to reliable investment destination. A book about the ideas, the people, the rights and wrongs that shaped a historic five-year period; and a testimony to how markets are convinced through steady consistency.

Without embellishment, but with the conviction that "Greece can," this is the gripping perspective of a technocrat who lived through historic events from the inside—and answers the question posed by the international press: "How did you do it?"

What they said about the book:

I am certain that the book will become one of the components of our country's modern economic history – Yannis Stournaras

A juicy, fascinating narrative that feels like a movie – Aris Dimokidis