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Snapshots of austerity: Desperation

When Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos, in his statement concerning the austerity-driven suicide of 77-year-old...

posted on: Apr 29, 2012 | author: terrance heath

Europe is in recession. Britain’s Office for National Statistics confirmed today (Wednesday) that in the first...

posted on: Apr 28, 2012 | author: Robert Reich

When 77-year-old Greek pensioner Dimitris Christoulas sat down under a tree in Athens’ busiest public square and...

posted on: Apr 23, 2012 | author: terrance heath

Greece is melting down. Right now the Eurozone is kicking the can down the road while Greeks die from austerity. The...

posted on: Feb 19, 2012 | author: badtux

There’s still hope for Europe to avoid a crisis, but it will first have to reject Germany’s self-righteous demands for austerity.