Meet the pro-austerity hypocrites
The wealthy corporate titans behind Fix the Debt are using a loophole to avoid paying taxes, a new report charges
Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:22 PM UTC 13Politics Fix the Debt, Bowles-Simpson
Austerity
Politics Fix the Debt, Bowles-Simpson
What if Simpson and Bowles threw a debt-reduction party and nobody came
The godfathers of unnecessary deficit plans write a plaintive Op-Ed as the world moves on
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTCBusiness Opening Shot, Simpson-Bowles
Austerity opposition goes mainstream
Bad data, dodgy assumptions and a basic inability to use Microsoft Excel may have doomed the economic movement
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12Politics Jacobin, Economics, Austerity
GOP has always misled the debt debate
That the Reinhart/Rogoff study justifying austerity has been exposed as bogus should come as no surprise
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 6:11 PM UTC 10Business On the Economy, Austerity
Whoops! Turns out debt doesn’t ruin economies
A paper justifying international austerity measures had a couple of mistakes that totally undermine its argument
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 73Media Opening Shot, Debt, Austerity
Austerity’s forgotten victims: State universities
Foolish economic policies are speeding America’s decline and placing terrible burdens on the next generation
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 2:41 PM UTCBusiness AlterNet, Austerity
Faith leaders descend on Washington, call for a “moral budget”
Organizers of the Loaves and Fishes Day of Action will call on Congress to reject Rep. Ryan's "austerity gospel" VIDEO
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 3:32 PM UTC 19Life Video, Paul Ryan
The Republican fantasy
Paul Ryan's new budget plan reveals how the GOP sees the world, in four easy steps
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 7:40 PM UTC 30Politics Taxes, Republicans, Paul Ryan
Europe hangs on Italian elections
Italy's parliamentary candidates showcase the battle between austerity measures and its rising resentment in the EU
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 4:48 PM UTCNews GlobalPost, Europe, Italy
Memo to Obama: Focus on the inequality gap
The State of the Union offers the president a chance to expose the trickle-down charlatans endangering the economy
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 1:41 PM UTCBusiness RobertReich.org
Nearly half of Americans on edge of financial disaster
A new report finds a large percentage of U.S. citizens are one financial blow away from poverty
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 8:47 PM UTCNews Poverty, cfed, Financial Crisis
Britain faces triple-dip recession
A blow for Cameron's government's defense of its austerity program
Friday, Jan 25, 2013 6:26 PM UTCBusiness Recession, Britain, David Cameron
IMF economists apologize for austerity forecasts
Economists admit that they failed to see how huge cuts would undermine growth in countries like Greece
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 16News IMF, Austerity, Fiscal cliff
Today’s jobs report is a mixed bag
The unemployment rate is holding steady at 7.8 percent, which suggests economic growth is a bit sluggish
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 4:04 PM UTCElections On the Economy, Unemployment
Austerity: The real “fiscal cliff”
The current "debtpocalypse" is just the last installment in the tragic dispossession of America's working class
Monday, Dec 3, 2012 2:42 PM UTCBusiness TomDispatch.com, Austerity
Europe’s debt crisis is greater threat than the “fiscal cliff”
The newest OECD report warns both Europe and the U.S. against swift austerity measures
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 4:43 PM UTCBusiness Eurozone, Fiscal cliff, Austerity
Eurozone slides back into recession
Increasingly depressed conditions across the 17-member group at a time of austerity and high unemployment VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 9:56 PM UTCNews Recession, Eurozone
Krugman: Austerity metaphors matter
Should we call it the "fiscal cliff," the "austerity bomb" or something else?
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 5:40 PM UTC 10News Anti-austerity, Eurozone
Student group organizes global rally
Way beyond Kony2012 clicktivism, students from Bangkok to Cali are organizing against commodified education today
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 9:17 PM UTCLife Student strike, Global-Tech
Clashes during Greek general strike
Around 70,000 protesters took to the street in anti-austerity demonstarions
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 4:46 PM UTCNews Anti-austerity, Eurozone
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