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Rajan Menon: Greece and the Eurozone: Weakness Brings Power

2012-05-28T22:40:40Z

These issues doubtlessly need to be addressed, but what's notable is the sea change in the conversation. Ideas that were once off the table are now being taken up by EU governments and organizations and Euro pundits. The austerity discourse no longer dominates. Why?

Read more: Angela Merkel, European Debt Crisis, European Union, Spain, Eurobonds, Greece, Germany, Greece Debt Crisis, Politics News

Mitch Feierstein: A Hundred Billion Here, a Hundred Billion There

2012-05-28T14:37:43Z

Last week the Financial Times ran a piece which opened thus: "Greece's banking system is being propped up by an estimated €100 billion provided by the country's central bank -- approved secretly by the European Central Bank." The news barely made it into the U.S. press.

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Robert Kuttner: As Goes Greece

2012-05-28T08:41:38Z

If the European Union were serious about helping Greece to reform, it would have combined technical assistance and debt relief conditioned on a reform program with a reasonable time period, rather than adopting a purely punitive approach. Now, the fire has spread to larger countries. And the same frail EU institutions and smug national attitudes that failed to contain the Greek crisis are up against far more daunting challenges. Historians will look back on the spring of 2012 as moment when Europe's institutions and leaders either failed to contain a deepening crisis -- or as a time when leadership grasped the common stakes and rose to the occasion. You have to be quite the optimist to imagine the more hopeful outcome.

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Simon Johnson: The End Of The Euro: A Survivor's Guide

2012-05-27T17:56:53Z

In every economic crisis there comes a moment of clarity. In Europe soon, millions of people will wake up to realize that the euro-as-we-know-it is gone. Economic chaos awaits them -- and the world.

Read more: Eurozone, Eurozone Crisis, Economy, Greece Debt, European Union, Greek Exit, Greek Debt Crisis, Euro, Fiscal Affairs, Ecb, Greece, Germany, Greece Debt Crisis, Imf, Europe, Greece Austerity, Business News

Greeks 'Just Don't Feel LIke Having Sex' Amid Economic Downturn

2012-05-27T08:00:00Z

* Sex shops say business has plummeted * Greece imports its erotic toys * Return to drachma could spell death of industr...

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Lagarde Has Little Sympathy For Greeks

2012-05-26T10:24:15Z

LONDON -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the cou...

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Elderly Mother And Son Jump To Their Deaths In Athens

2012-05-24T11:54:37Z

Tragedy struck Thursday morning in the center of Athens when a mother and son leapt to their deaths. Kathimerini newspaper reports that sixty-year-old...

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Greece Euro Exit Looms, Europe Fiddles

2012-05-24T16:45:22Z

Europe and Greece are at the stage in their stormy marriage where they are consulting with divorce lawyers. And we may all feel the pain of their brea...

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George Logothetis: Greece Is Also Having a Social Crisis

2012-05-24T12:35:32Z

The financial crisis and the resulting political instability in Greece has led to desperation and despondency that have clouded the core values of the Greek people.

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Jeffrey P. Colin: Media, Poverty and a Lack of Concern

2012-05-24T10:34:09Z

As far back as 2008, members of the progressive advocacy community who focus on poverty were decrying a lack of coverage of rising poverty levels by the media. Since that point, the problem has gotten much worse.

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At the Mercy of the People Smugglers

2012-05-24T09:21:40Z

The men standing in the train station of Nea Vyssa, a small farming village in the far northeastern corner of Greece, are soaking wet. Oyud, 20, Yousu...

Euro Breakup Ahead

2012-05-23T22:42:06Z

Thing One: Preparing For Divorce: Europe and Greece are at the stage in their stormy marriage where they are consulting with divorce lawyers. And we m...

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Amalia Negreponti: Greece and the Beanstalk

2012-05-23T15:32:34Z

"Jack and the Beanstalk" is a story about how Jack and a terrible ogre finally compromise, learning to live together because they fear one another too much to risk doing otherwise. A similar hope of compromise is what lies at the heart of Greek voters.

Read more: Communism, Germany, Eurozone, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, European Union, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Anarchists, Europe, Greek Politics, Alexis Tsipras, Greek Elections, World News

Thanos Dimadis: Euro or Drachma? It's Not All About a Dilemma

2012-05-23T14:11:20Z

It's not only all about a dilemma but about how the Greek nation -- and especially young people -- will find again a reason to hope and believe that their future can get better, even if Greece after the very crucial next general elections can make it and stay hopefully in the eurozone.

Read more: Drachma, Imf, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Greece, Greek Elections, Euro, Greek Youth Unemployment, Syriza, Youth Unemployment, World News

Dow On Pace For Lowest Close Of 2012, Thanks To Greece

2012-05-23T13:34:16Z

U.S. stocks are headed for their worst day in six weeks, while the euro is at its lowest level in nearly two years, as markets freak out about the pro...

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Eurozone Preparing For Greece Exit Scenario

2012-05-23T14:37:00Z

* Euro zone states urged to draft plans for Greek euro exit * Instruction given in euro working group call on Monday * G...

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Anthony Strano: "No Sweet Fruit Comes From a Bitter Seed"

2012-05-23T08:28:35Z

In Greece, the supposed home of democracy, there is an exclusive approach in their political, religious and societal systems that actively combats the idea of equality and inclusivity.

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James Berman: The Antisocial Valuation: Facebook vs. Greece

2012-05-22T12:34:54Z

A Greek company in the deep end of the contrarian pool is my preferred choice. Not because it has better growth prospects. It doesn't. But it has one thing FB lacks: It's priced right for the risk.

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At G8 Summit, Obama Emphasizes Growth Over Austerity

2012-05-20T17:16:20Z

CAMP DAVID, Md. -- Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declar...

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Peter Alexander Meyers: Who Needs a Greek Government?

2012-05-20T15:47:49Z

Greeks must decide to stay or go. Perhaps that is why it failed to come before the people. Perhaps that is why, when on May 6 the election was played out in a way that minimized the literal and more important question -- "Do you want to adopt the new agreement?" -- it failed again.

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Europe's Economic Woes Overshadow G8 Summit

2012-05-19T05:12:00Z

By Jeff Mason and Laura MacInnis CAMP DAVID, Md., May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged at a Group of Eight summit on...

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Romney Embraces Growth, Leaving Austerity To Europe

2012-05-19T00:05:00Z

WASHINGTON -– Austerity is out. Growth is in. And Mitt Romney's campaign has taken notice.

Politicians in Europe and in President Barack Obama's...

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Gemma Godfrey: How to Navigate Markets Through the Euro-Zone Turmoil

2012-05-18T16:54:01Z

As the euro zone crisis intensifies and global markets reflect investor concerns, we ask ourselves, is a Greek exit from the euro on its way? Preparations have already begun to protect shareholder interest.

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Eric Margolis: Let Greece Do Debt Cold Turkey

2012-05-18T16:52:36Z

What would happen to Greece if it quit the euro? Financial chaos, capital flight, riots and bank failures... maybe. But after the apocalypse, Greece would eventually revert to its 1960's status: a poor but proud nation living off tourism, shipping, agriculture and fishing.

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Sanjay Sanghoee: Capitalist Revolution: Forget the Deficit and Learn From Europe

2012-05-18T13:06:35Z

Before we go wild with our deficit-cutting scythe, let's make sure that we are not hacking away at our own feet in the process.

Read more: Congress, John Boehner Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Trickle Down, France, Economic Crisis, Elections 2012, Capitalism, Euro, Deficit, Politics, Unemployment, Greece, Spending Cuts, Socialism, Europe, Republicans, Business News