The Greek Meltdown: Putting the Hell in Hellas

The woman says her name is Yianna. With her long, shiny brown hair and ruffled blouse, she looks out of place sitting on a plastic crate with two bruised, toothless people who live in a battered alley in central Athens. Less than a year ago, she was running a small ouzo bar that she owned on the island of Chios. The recession slowed business, her taxes surged, and she could no longer pay her bills. At 37, she moved to Athens to look for work. Still jobless months later, she is out of money and has stuffed everything she owns into a bright blue duffel bag. "I never thought I'd find myself here," she says, looking down. "But here I am."

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