Exploring the Roots of Systematic Tax Avoidance in Greece: Business, the Tax System and Tax Conscience, 1955-2008

Chapter 1. Unstable politics, unfair taxation and a system of public administration afflicted by clientelism: key information about the Greek state.- Chapter 2. A ’sibylline authority’ in a growing economy, 1955-1967.- Chapter 3. ’No mutiny will be allowed’: dismantling Democracy and delegitimising the tax system, 1967-1974.- Chapter 4. A ’tax surprise’ amidst economic recession, 1974-1981.- Chapter 5. A ’wild tax hunt’ in the era of rapid de-industrialisation, 1981-1989.- Chapter 6. A tale of hope, disillusionment and crisis: 1989-2008.

Zoi Pittaki is a Lecturer in Creativity and Entrepreneurship at Brunel University, London, UK. Prior to joining Brunel she was a Visiting Lecturer in the University of Glasgow, Economic and Social History and a Teaching Assistant in the University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Business School. She has teaching experience in Economic and Social History, as well as in Entrepreneurship and Management. Her current research involves an examination of entrepreneurship’s contribution to the revamping of war-torn and crisis economies.