BM Talks: Alex Patelis speaks

We are joined in our latest edition of BM Talks by Alex Patelis, who served as Chief Economic Adviser to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis between 2019-2024. Alex also worked in investment banks including as Managing Director of Global Research at Merrill Lynch and studied under Ben Bernanke for his PhD from Princeton. We asked:Ten years ago, Greece voted No in a referendum to a bailout, only for the new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to perform the exact opposite three weeks later. What happened?Greece is now running a primary budget surplus with investment grade debt. How was this achieved? What lessons can the rest of the world take from this?What does the German "Zeitenwende" mean for the EU?Is this the end for the dominance of the US Dollar?What advice do you have for Scott Bessent, who also moved from the world of finance into politics?What do you think of populism?