Professor Emeritus of Economic Analysis at the Athens University of Economics & Business. Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory and Visiting Professor, LSE (2018-2019). Graduated as Electrical engineer in the National Technical University of Athens (1975). Received an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge, then employed there as Research Fellow until 1986. Visiting Professor at CERGE (Prague), University of Cyprus, and the Polytechnic of Crete. Research Fellow in the European University (Florence), Tinbergen Institute (Amsterdam) and CEPR (London). Honorary PhD Degree from the University of Patras in 2025. During 1993-2007 he served as Secretary for Research & Technology, Economic advisor to the Prime Minister, Member of Parliament, Deputy minister of Finance, Minister for Development, and Minister of Finance. Chair of the Ecofin Council (2003 sem. 1) and of the Euro-group (2002 sem.2 - June 2003 sem.1). Minister for the Economy, Shipping and Transport in the caretaker Government, 2015. Author of several academic papers and books on macroeconomics, business cycles, and economic growth, including: “Greek Endgame: From austerity to growth or Grexit” (2015, Rowman & Littlefield), “How Crises shaped Economic Ideas and Policies” (2015, Springer), and “An Economic Analysis of Conflicts” (2016, Springer). Coauthor of the report “Rebooting the Greek Economy” (Dianeosis, 2018). His study “Greece and the Maastricht Treaty: The Fortress That Wasn’t” was published by MacMillan (2023). Editor of the collective book on the “Economics of Dictatorship”, published in 2025 by the Greek Parliament.