The past decade has been a remarkably difficult one in Greece. The country’s fragile finances, stricken from the very beginning of the worldwide economic crisis, have yet to fully recover. Discussing the problem on the streets of Athens, it is common for people to sigh when they hear the word “crisis.” After all, Greeks reason, a crisis should end. Their situation is more like a new, hard-to-bear normality. As of now, any light at the end of the tunnel remains, for many, just a pinprick.
