One hundred and ten of Greece’s best beaches are on sale by Greece’s privatization agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) in the name of supposed ‘development’ and ‘utilization of public assets’ as the prerequisite for receiving more handouts from the Troika. “This sale of the land must happen,” explains one Greek civil servant, “we need this now, quickly. Tell the Russians and the Qataris to hurry up!”