Greece's sovereign debt was notably one of the most important fiscal and financial crises in the history of the euro zone. The crisis emerged from a compound of inordinate public borrowing, repeatedly fiscal deficits, sluggish economic growth, and systemic inefficiencies in public management and labour markets. By 2009, public debt had surpassed €300 billion, corresponding to about 130% of GDP, while modifications to official deficit data revealed years of fiscal misrepresentation and acutely impaired investor confidence. […]