George Alogoskoufis

Georgios Alogoskoufis (Greek Γεώργιος Αλογοσκούφης, George Alogoskoufis; born October 17, 1955 in Athens ) is a Greek economist and politician of the New Democracy

Algoskoufis studied at the London School of Economics, where he received his doctorate in 1981. From 1984 to 1992 he taught at the University of London ( Birkbeck College). Since 1990 he is professor at the Economic University of Athens.

Alogoskoufis was 1996-2009 Member of the Greek Parliament. In 2004, when Kostas Karamanlis was elected Prime Minister of Greece, he called Alogoskoufis Minister of Economy and Finance, a post that he accompanied until January 2009.

He is married with Dika Agapitidou and the couple have three children.

Writings

• Lucas Papademos, Richard Portes (eds.): External Constraints on Macroeconomic Policy: The European Experience. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991, ISBN 0-521-40527-0.
• Η Κρίση της Οικονομικής Πολιτικής. Κριτική και ΙΜΟΠ, Athens 1994.
• Unemployment: Choices for Europe (Monitoring European Integration 5. ). Centre for Economic Policy Research, London 1995, ISBN 1-898128-14-6.
• Sofia Lazaretou: Η Δραχμή από το Φοίνικα στο Ευρώ. Αθηναϊκή Οικονομική και ΙΜΟΠ, Athens 2002.
• Η Ελλάδα μετά την κρίση publisher Καστανιώτη. Athens 2009.