Tim vrlo javnim samoubistvom, Christoulas je postao, kako su to jedne grčke novine nazvale, žrtva-mučenik razorne ekonomske krize koja je dovela do nezaposlenosti od 21%, zatvorila preko 111.000 poduzeća, ostavila 500.000 ljudi bez ikakvih prihoda i gurnula mnoge Grke u siromaštvo.
With that very public suicide, Christoulas became what one Greek newspaper called a martyred victim of a crushing economic crisis that has created 21% unemployment, closed more than 111,000 businesses, left 500,000 people with no income and no hope and pushed many Greeks into poverty.