Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress makes the case that we can’t afford to risk another term of government neglect by the Harper Cons. Jeremy Nuttall discusses how…
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Europe will pay the price for Greece – FT.com
Europe will pay the price for Greece – FT.com. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Greece debt crisis: Athens accepts harsh austerity as bailout deal nears | Business | The Guardian
Greece debt crisis: Athens accepts harsh austerity as bailout deal nears | Business | The Guardian. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
New column day
Here, on how we should be taking the crisis in Greece and other global instability as reasons to ensure Canada retains the authority to act in its own interest –…
The New Europeans: Like the Old on Greece
Poland’s man in Brussels, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, has truly settled into his shoes as a new member of the European elite. On Tuesday, he issued the…
The New Europeans: Like the Old on Greece
Poland’s man in Brussels, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, has truly settled into his shoes as a new member of the European elite. On Tuesday, he issued the…
Lew and Lagarde raise pressure on EU to avoid Grexit – FT.com
Lew and Lagarde raise pressure on EU to avoid Grexit – FT.com. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Debt Relief, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Armine Yalnizyan writes that reliance on temporary and disposable labour is utterly incompatible with long-term economic development. And Joey Hartman and Adrienne Montani…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jeffrey Sachs writes about the need to shape a more moral, less exploitative economy. So needless to say, the Cons are instead…
Greek Referendum Map
Filed under: Austerity, Europe, Southern Europe Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Greek Referendum
Greece tables unified set of negotiation principles with EU
The PM of Greece fired his first opening shot in the coming negotiations with the Troika of faceless technocrats and panoply of politicians, by huddling with the opposition parties and…
The Greek Referendum: Method in the Madness
Everyone seems to be weighing in on the resounding NO vote delivered by Greek voters to the Eurocrats in Brussels and Frankfurt on Sunday. Much speculation is being made regarding…
Krugman – Europe Also Won in Yesterday’s Greek Bailout Referendum
From my years practicing insolvency law, I was left stunned at the illogic in the demands that the creditors sought to impose on Greece. The approach made no sense. They…
How Europe Played Greece
How Europe Played Greece. Filed under: Greece Tagged: Austerity, debt, Eurozone Crisis, Greece
Illegal, Illegitimate, Odious and Unsustainable Debt – Transform Network
Illegal, Illegitimate, Odious and Unsustainable Debt – Transform Network. Given the resounding victory for the ‘No’ campaign in the Greek referendum, it is of interest to take a look at…
Next Up, Spain
As events unfold over the next few weeks following today’s No victory in Greece there’ll be plenty of people watching in Spain. That country’s Podemos movement promotes a similar sort…
Greek referendum: Alexis Tsipras hails victory for No campaign – live updates
The Eurozone is at best a mechanism for corporate control and convenience. The powerhouse nations like Germany, Britain and France have disproportionate wealth as compared to other countries such as…
Greece – Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
Greek voters appear poised to rather narrowly reject another round of austerity measures demanded by the IMF, the European Commission and the EBC. It’s something of a “heads I win,…
The effort to engineer regime change in Greece could lead to a much bigger disaster
PHOTOS: Leaders of the Greek military government of 1967 to 1974. Is something similar waiting in the wings if the eurozone leadership’s effort to terrorize the Greeks into voting Yes…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paul de Grauwe points out that the European push to force Greece into continued austerity is the most important factor holding back a…