Greeks calling for smaller public sector, lower taxes, survey finds

On a superficial level, the findings of the third "What Greeks Believe" survey by the Dianeosis nonprofit think tank - published exclusively by Kathimerini on Sunday - appear contradictory. A deeper reading of the impressive and incisive 305-page report, however, shows a certain consistency. This edition of the survey (the first two were conducted in April and November 2015), with a new and broader questionnaire, was conducted in cooperation with the University of Macedonia in December 2016, based on a sample of 1,294 respondents for the first part and 1,263 for the second.

"What Greeks Believe" is like a detailed x-ray of society, and the part focusing on the crisis, its causes and possible solutions ("Economy, state, private initiative") is particularly interesting. Here, we see a prevalence of realism and a desire for a new development model that is more open and less...