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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt!"

Dan Beeton
Third World Quarterly, May 28, 2013
En Español

Taxing Vacant Property: A Route to Internal Devaluation

Dean Baker
Project Syndicate, May 13, 2013

The London Whale, Cyprus and Washington

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 25, 2013

European Authorities Still Punishing Greece – Can They Be Stopped?

Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, February 2, 2013

How Could Greece and Argentina – The New 'Debt Colonies' – Be Set Free?

Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, November 25, 2012

Arithmetic Trumps Eurozone Politics

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 1, 2012

How the ECB Came to Control the Fate of the World Economy
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 30, 2012
En Español

Germany Is Scared to Throw Greece Out of the Euro
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 30, 2012

Austerity Has Never Worked
Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, June 4, 2012

New ILO Leadership Could Push For Better Economic Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 22, 2012

The Jamaicanization of Europe
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 18, 2012
En Español

Jamaica, Greece and Putting the People Before the Creditors
Jake Johnston
Caribbean Journal, May 17, 2012

Greek Voters Give the Boot to Austerity
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 7, 2012

Argentina and the Magic Soybean: The Commodity Export Boom That Wasn’t
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 4, 2012

The United Kingdom Does Austerity So We Don’t Have To
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, May 1, 2012

UK to U.S.: Austerity Not the Best Policy
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), April 27, 2012

Eurozone Austerity Faces Increasing Political Challenges as Economy Worsens
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 27, 2012

The Iceland Follies: Loony Currency Schemes
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, March 6, 2012

Greece and Those Wild and Crazy Guys at the ECB
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, February 21, 2012

Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the Eurozone: Self-Inflicted Depression
Mark Weisbrot
New Left Project, February 6, 2012

Economists May Contribute to a “Lost Decade” for America
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 10, 2012

The ECB’s High Wire Act
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, December 22, 2011

The Eurozone Crisis Is Not About Market Discipline
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, December 19, 2011

Will the Euro be Destroyed by Ideologues?
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 17, 2011

Brazil Should Include Conditions for Any Funds Going to the IMF or Europe
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo
(Brazil), November 9, 2011
Em Português

If the Greek People Got to Negotiate Directly with the ECB and the IMF
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 8, 2011

Occupy the European Central Bank
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 1, 2011

Trichet’s Rein at the ECB: No Party for Europe
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 24, 2011

Argentina's Economic Success is Key to Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited
, October 22, 2011

BRICS Countries Would Not Help Europe By Supporting Current Policy
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo
(Brazil), September 27, 2011
Em Português

Eurozone Has A Crisis of Policy Failure, Not Debt
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 27, 2011

Can China Save the World Economy?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2011

How Long Will We Tolerate an Incompetent Cult Running Central Banks?
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, August 22, 2011

U.S. and Europe: Slow Strangulation is Much More Likely Than Financial Catastrophe
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 17, 2011

Why We Aren't Like Greece
Dean Baker
The Nation, August 10, 2011

Will the Popular Movements Teach the European Central Bank Economics?
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, August 8, 2011
En Español

The Struggle Against Stupidity: European and U.S. Governments Continue Wrecking Their Economies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 5, 2011

Why the Euro is Not Worth Saving
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 11, 2011
En Español

Non-Violent Protest Works – That's Why "The Audacity Of Hope" Is Being Held Up in Greece
Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, June 30, 2011

European Authorities Risking Financial Contagion in Greek Showdown; Where Is the U.S. Government?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 25, 2011

When Did the IMF Learn About the Economy?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 20, 2011

Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 17, 2011

Eurozone’s Periphery Needs to Challenge Right-Wing European Authorities
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, June 6, 2011 Edition

Strauss-Kahn’s Legacy at the IMF: Less Than Meets the Eye?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 19, 2011

A Response to Krugman on Greece and the Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 13, 2011

Why Greece Should Reject the Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, May 10, 2011
En Español

IMF’s Rhetoric Still Far from Its Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 18, 2011
En Español

Evidence of Intelligent Life at the IMF
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 15, 2011

The European Central Bank Sinks Ireland
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 22, 2010

G-20 Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Bad Macroeconomic Policies, Especially in the High Income Countries, Are the Main Threat to World Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 12, 2010

The Majority of the World’s Countries Can Change the IMF
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, October 7, 2010

Looking Grim: The Prospects for Recovery in Europe
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, September 9, 2010

Wrong Lessons Drawn From Germany's Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 30, 2010
Pagina 12 (Argentina), September 12, 2010
En Español

European Authorities Taking Advantage of “Crisis” To Enact Regressive “Reforms”
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 9, 2010
En Español

Comparisons Between U.S., Greece Are Overblown
Dean Baker
The Hill, June 15, 2010

Bad Economic Policy Still Biggest Threat to Global Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 11, 2010

Eurozone Crisis is Self-Inflicted, with Help from Financial Markets
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 26, 2010

How Do You Spell “Success”? A Look At “Internal Devaluation” in Greece, Latvia, and Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 18, 2010

The European Union’s Dangerous Game
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, May 12, 2010

Venezuela Is Not Greece
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 6, 2010
En español

Baltic Countries Show What Greece May Look Forward To If It Follows EC/IMF Advice
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 28, 2010

PIIGS Countries Being Led to the Slaughter, Should Re-Think Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 25, 2010

When the U.S. Becomes Greece: Drivel from the Deficit Hawks
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 15, 2010