Paris Skouros pointed toward the sky outside his office in Athens on a recent weekday.
Greece’s financial crisis almost ruined his firm, Skouros & Sons, an elevator company.
Years of harsh austerity measures imposed by international bailouts had been wrenching, Mr. Skouros said, as new construction ground to a standstill.
“During the crisis, we just wanted to survive,” Mr. Skouros said, as the sound of hammers hitting sheet metal rang out in his workshop.
“Now we’re profitable, and business is so strong that we can’t find enough workers to keep up with demand.”Laden with debt it couldn’t pay back, Greece nearly broke the eurozone a decade ago.
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