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compatriot simply as Melina to others as the last Greek goddess.

Amalia Maria Mal Molina, Mercuri,

is the subject of today's great lives

and the choice of the economist and arguably the most sought after jailbird

in the United Kingdom, who is herself Greek,

Vicky Price.

Vicky, you've done so much, you're the distinguished commentator who wrote a book,

Prisonomics, about the human Cost of Imprisoning Women,

after your former cabinet minister's husband's speeding points landed you both in jail.

You're the author of Greek economics, a timely study of that country's economic crisis, you've combined

raising five children with a high-flying career as a corporate economist, you've bounced right

back and been all over our TV screens throughout the latest Greek crisis.

You could have chosen Adam Smith, Elizabeth Fry, you sound so English in the studio, but are you

first and foremost Greek and is that why you've chosen Molina to talk about today?

I am in fact 100% Greek and thank you for that introduction.

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