austerity
Bernie Sanders Is Super Excited About Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Austerity Campaign
You should be too.
By John Nichols
Bernie Sanders traveled to Britain last week, attracting crowds that confirmed that the Vermont senator has emerged...
Austerity Kills! Bank of Greece reports “Greek’s health deteriorating, life expectancy...
The economic crisis and the strict austerity bound to the loan agreement kill. They kill Greeks. The Bank of Greece may not write it...
German enthusiasm for Macron begins to wane
By Peter Schwarz
The German enthusiasm for Emmanuel Macron has not lasted long. On the evening of the election, all parties, with the exception...
Greece: Back to the Future of Austerity and Debtocracy!
The SYRIZA-ANEL made a deal with the creditors, signed in May 2, that was met with a great deal of enthusiasm from the markets....
La Grèce victime de l’entente entre le FMI et ses créanciers
La Grèce et ses créanciers sont sur le point de trouver un « accord ». Il faudra encore faire des économies, cette fois à hauteur de...
The danger of Germany’s current account surpluses
Through the prism of the trade balance, the current account surplus can be viewed as a symptom of Germany’s economic success. German exports increased from 30% of GDP in 2000 to 47% in 2015. But with imports at merely 39% of GDP, this implies that Germany is providing capital to the rest of the world at a very high rate. Indeed, German savings have
Government austerity policy a breach of international human rights, says UN...
By Caroline Mortimer
The British Government's austerity policies are a breach of international human rights, a new report by the UN has warned.
The UN Committee on Economic, Social...
The Greek debt, a European Tragedy
This video intends to sum up in a simple and easy way, how Greek indebtedness grew into the outbreak of the public debt crisis of 2010. It also seaks to denounce, with solid arguments, the huge disinformation around this subject. The details in this video are from the preliminary report of the Truth Committee on Public Debt.
The Social Security System is Crumbling in Greece
The governing board of the Social Security Foundation (IKA) on Thursday rejected the management’s request for money from the Social Security Capital for the Solidarity of Generations (AKAGE) for pensions for the rest of this year, while the board of the fund of the self-employed (OAEE) approved a similar request to the amount of 150 million euros.
Creditors destroy Greece, SYRIZA does not resist
Stories of human suffering continue to multiply in present-day Greece, which is loosely governed by the “first time left” government of Syriza and more directly by the European institutions and the International Monetary Fund. In the city of Patra, an elderly woman whose only source of income is her severely battered