Greek Math Whiz at Irish Hedge Fund Tells the Tale of Two Crises

Konstantinos Drakakis sips an espresso next to his hedge-fund office in Dublin and says any deal to keep aid flowing to his Greek homeland will make little difference.

“It’s like giving money to a drug addict,” said the 40-year-old Athenian, who is chief quantitative officer at Probability Dynamics on the banks of the River Liffey in the Irish capital. “He’s going to spend it and ask for money again later. Greece has lots to learn from Ireland.”