The Roots of Balkanization
The true roots of the ongoing Greece/euro financial crisis are in the country’s history. Global economic planners need to recognize the factors that influenced tribal and feudal economy—traditions and values that have been passed down through thousands of generations and remain as firmly entrenched today as in the time of the invading hordes.
“Balkanization” is a modern term describing the fragmentation and re-division of countries and nations in the Balkan Peninsula, as well as a dynamic meaning “the Balkan way of doing things.”