An increasing amount of turmoil and stress  has  set  in  over  Greece.
            
which has had a significant impact on not only the citizens of  the  nation,.
            
but also at a much larger level on a global scale. Over the  past  30  years.
            
Greece has slowly followed in the tracks of other countries that have  faced.
            
similar economic collapses. There are many economic,  financial,  political,.
            
and social issues that are similar to those of  Argentina,  which  defaulted.
            
in 2001. With the current administration of Greece having borrowed  far  too.
            
much after joining the Euro in  2001,  the  New  Democracy  and  PASOK  (Pan.
            
Hellenic Socialist Movement) also failed to  make  necessary  reforms  after.
            
the global crisis in 2008.  Initial  denial  by  the  government  about  the.
            
amount of money borrowed, followed by commitments  that  could  not  be  met.
            
resulted in the downfall of Greece's international standing, which  is  when.
            
the citizens of the country began to feel the hardships associated  with  an.
            
economic downfall.
            
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 Greece's private sector was more than willing to use large sums of.
            
money throughout the country, but only to lessen their personal.
            
responsibility when the sudden economic upturn ended. Demanding creditors.
            
willingly took part in this costly risk. Yet, when it became clear that.
            
Greece was starting to enter a time of serious financial distress the.
            
creditors continued to dismiss any negative notions while lying to the.
            
public about the truth of the situation. The issues arose when the private.
            
sector along with the government could not come to an agreement of who was.
            
responsible for the economic downfall and this lead Greece into a period of.
            
significant political, social and economic unrest.
            
 But neither the Greek government nor its private creditors acted.
            
appropriately. Both took refuge in the political cover provided by the.
            
European unification effort, which was intended to secure Europe's well.
            
being through economic and political intervention on the basis of credible.
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