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Paris Tsakalidis

A Grande École HEC Paris and Kellogg MBA graduate with a strategy consulting background. I founded EconScope to share overlooked narratives, pursuing intellectual curiosity through deep dives into the questions that linger, using AI-assisted research

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Όταν η ανεμοδούρα μασκαρεύεται ως ιδεολογία

Η πολιτική αγαπά τις μεγάλες λέξεις. Σύνθεση. Μετασχηματισμός. Προοδευτική διακυβέρνηση. Νέα εποχή. Αυτές οι λέξεις έχουν βάρος μόνο όταν πατούν πάνω σε μια αναγνωρίσιμη συνέπεια. Όταν ένα κόμμα ξεκινά ως δύναμη ρήξης, κυβερνά με εργαλεία διαχείρισης, μετακινείται προς τη σοσιαλδημοκρατική αφήγηση και αργότερα αναζητά μια νέα ταυτότητα που να χωρά

Honey, I Shrunk the Oil Reserves

My birthday is less than a week away, which means I have entered that annual season of accidental self-reflection. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids came out the same year I did, and I am about two months older than the film. The movie came to mind when I run the

Ο Φόρος Καυσίμων, το Κόστος της Πολιτικής Αδράνειας και η Εναλλακτική

ΕΛ EN Όχι στη Μείωση του Φόρου, Όχι και στην Αδράνεια No to Tax Cuts, No to Inaction Either Μια ερευνητική ανάλυση για το πραγματικό κόστος των υψηλών τιμών πετρελαίου για το ελληνικό κράτος - και για το πού θα μπορούσαν να κατευθυνθούν αυτά τα χρήματα αντ' αυτού An

Why Most Protests Fail

Audited Protest Outcomes Many protest movements create an opening. Far fewer make that opening last. The deeper question is whether the regime stays coordinated long enough to outlast the moment. Prologue Iran is where the question began, because the desire for change was visible while the regime still held the

Η Αλήθεια για την Κρίση του 2010

EconScope by The Agora Review ΕΛ EN Paris Tsakalidis · Eurozone Crisis · 30 Μαρτίου 2026 · 25′ ανάγνωση Η Ελλάδα, η Ευρώπη και το βάρος που σήκωσε η κοινωνίαGreece, Europe, and the burden society was forced to bear Η ελληνική κρίση άφησε βαθιά σημάδια σε μια ολόκληρη γενιά. Μισθοί συρρικνώθηκαν, δουλειές χάθηκαν,

Greece Recovered. Greek Households Are Still Waiting.

Greece’s economy recovered, but Greek households still face weak wages, high housing costs, and a widening prosperity gap.

The Hidden China Front in the War on Iran

Iran is not a pillar of Chinese power, but it is useful enough to Beijing that war on Iran can raise China’s costs through oil, sanctions-adapted trade, and Hormuz exposure.

War, Oil, and the Price of an Office Chair

Prologue I wanted to understand what a war in Iran could actually do to the economy. The global answer was too abstract to hold onto, so I followed one ordinary object instead, a mid-range office chair, and traced how energy, shipping, freight, margins, and tax can turn a regional war

A Humbling Experience

This piece was not supposed to be about AI I was reading through the recent news and geopolitical shocks and got curious to understand Iran’s history a bit better. Persia was once one of Greece’s fiercest opponents, at times an actual existential threat, and that is part of

Everyone’s Competing, Nobody’s Cheaper: The Marketplace Illusion

A free market is a machine that turns private ambition into public comfort, as long as competition stays real and entry stays open In the clean textbook version, firms do not keep extra profit for themselves over time, the market invites new entrants until economic profit is pushed down to