The Greek crisis and its impact on the people – told and interpreted by Petros Markaris, one of the sharpest observers of Hellenic society. In twelve articles and an interview, he observes and commentates the new Greek tragedy, in expectation of the bitter end – and a new beginning. He saw the crisis coming. Even before the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, at a time when the building boom seemed never-ending, Petros Markaris was already posing the following question in his novel ›Live!‹: And who is supposed to pay for all this? In his articles for German-speaking media such as ›Die Zeit‹ and the ›Süddeutsche Zeitung‹, he writes about big politics and little people, about perpetrators and victims, about Brussels, Berlin and Athens. They appear here in one volume for the first time, offer a comprehensive and multi-faceted picture of the situation.