Robert McDonald's book is a comprehensive survey of efforts in the Greek public and private sectors to modernise. It records the country's legislative efforts to harmonise business, labour and education practices with the rest of the European Union and keep up with the globalised marketplace. It draws on interviews with lawmakers, the executive and businesspeople to interpret the effectiveness of those efforts.

The survey is broken down into the following chapters:
· Economic environment
· International rankings
· Economic policy
· Investment promotion
· Administrative reform
· Public enterprises and entities
· Entrepreneurship
· Labour
· Education
· Liberalisation
· Privatisation