Op-Eds & Columns

Taxing Vacant Property: A Route to Internal Devaluation

Dean Baker
Project Syndicate, May 13, 2013

Fighting Back Against the Eurozone Tyrants

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 28, 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

Spain’s Government and European Authorities Bent on Dismantling Welfare State
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 30, 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

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

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

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

Eurozone Crisis Enters New Phase as ECB Fights Europe for Austerity
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), December 7, 2011
Em Português

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

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

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

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

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

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 Wrong Crisis
Dean Baker
Boston Review, February 7, 2011

Spain’s Troubles are Tied to Eurozone Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 29, 2011
En Español

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

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

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

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

It Isn’t a Financial Crisis #76,845
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2010

Spanish Voters Throw Out Pro-War Party
Mark Weisbrot
Hartford Courant (CT), March 16, 2004