This is why a greater effort will be required from all of us over a longer time. Our course in the forthcoming years will largely be determined by the target we set ourselves and our commitment to achieving it. Do we want a country that is trapped in a low-level equilibrium or do we want to make Greece modern and dynamic?
And since we obviously want the latter, what is certain is that we can no longer rely on recipes of the past, characterised by: •  a myopic focus on the present, at the detriment of the future,  •  a consumption behaviour, verging on overindulgence, that has been exceeding the productive capacity of the economy by far,  •  selective and at will compliance with laws and regulations,  •  shifting of responsibility onto others,  •  a refusal to make the slightest effort towards consensus-building,  •  dogmatic interpretations of reality,  •  claims to maintain acquired privileges which go against the interest of society as a whole,  •  a short-termist and an easy-profit culture.