Belgium: Unions Fight Austerity Policies
A general strike paralyzed air and rail traffic in Belgium and idled scores of companies across the country on Monday as trade unions capped a month of labor action against government austerity policies.. General strike paralyzes air and rail traffic in Belgium and idles companies across the country as trade unions cap month of labor action against government austerity policies.
The Record of Austerity - NYTimes.com
How many people, I wonder ��� even among economists who have eagerly taken sides in the austerity debate ��� have a sense of what the overall picture looks like since the great turn to austerity in 2010? I dont mean what��.
Austerity?
The International Monetary Fund may press client countries in the third world to adopt austerity measures, but its officials arent likely to have much familiarity with hardship themselves. There are 132 I.M.F. employees who make before-tax income of at least $92,000 and 322 more whose pay ranges from $70,000 to $115,000.
Greek Anti-Austerity Party Holds Lead Before Sunday Elections
Greeces leftist Syriza party held onto its opinion poll lead on Friday as it campaigns to form the first euro zone government committed to scrapping austerity outright after elections this weekend.
The Austerity That Never HappenedPragmatic Capitalism.
Jeffrey Sachs took Paul Krugman to task over the weekend due to his 2013 concerns over the ���austerity��� in the USA. Krugman had repeatedly expressed concerns that the economy could slip if the government implemented��.
Left-Wing Syriza Party Sails to Major Win as Greece Rejects Austerity
ATHENS ��� Greeces left-wing Syriza appeared on course to trounce the ruling conservatives in Sundays snap election and could win the absolute majority it wants to fight international creditors insistence on painful austerity measures. Syriza was on.
Austerity has clearly failed. So why dont they ditch it.
Seumas Milne: Falling incomes are fuelling the deficit and costing votes. But Cameron is looking after other interests.
Greece election: Syriza leader Tsipras vows to end AUSTERITY pain
Anti-austerity Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras has vowed to end Greeces five years of humiliation and pain after his general election win. Before cheering supporters, Mr Tsipras again pledged to renegotiate Greeces massive international bailout.
Greece Can’t Suffer More Austerity
Only a dictator could impose the further austerity required by the lenders.
Syriza win: David Cameron says Greek election will.
THE head of Greeces far-left anti-austerity party laid flowers at a Second World War memorial after being today sworn in as the countrys new leader.
Greece votes on whether to dump austerity, take on lenders
Greeks begin voting in an election expected to bring to power the radical leftist Syriza party, which has pledged to take on international lenders and roll back painful austerity measures imposed during years of economic crisis. Justin Mitchell reports.
Greek Leftist Leader Tsipras Scores Victory Over Austerity
Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras promised on Sunday that five years of austerity, humiliation and suffering imposed by international creditors were over after his Syriza party swept to victory in a snap election on Sunday.
Greek Patience With Austerity Nears Its Limit
The vast majority of Greeks are still experiencing the hardships of reform, with little evidence that the measures are working.. Greeks are increasingly frustrated by economys continual decline after more than four years of austerity policies; International Monetary Fund finds that many of its predictions for Greece program failed; upcoming general election may mean major changes in countrys approach to crisis.
European Markets Eye an Austerity-Weary Greece
There is a general sense that Europe could survive a breakup with Greece, if it came to that, with relatively minimal damage, thanks to an array of recent regulatory changes and a renewed commitment among leaders.. Europe is closely watching Greece as it closes in on unexpected possibility of early general election, results of which could bring political change altering Greeces relationship to rest of continent and rethinking its participation in European currency; leftist leader Alexis Tsipras has been building on austerity-weary sentiment to argue for break with eurozone.
Greeces new anti-AUSTERITY government worries markets
Greek stocks and government bonds fell, and the euro dipped, after the anti-austerity party Syriza swept to victory in national elections, setting the stage for a clash with its international lenders. The euro hovered around $1.12 against the dollar.
Greek Vote Is a Rejection of Failed Plans, Not Austerity: UKs Osborne
The Greek election result is not a defeat of austerity but a defeat of failed economic plans and should act as a reminder to Britain that it needs to stick to what it is doing, finance minister George Osborne said on Monday.
Greek anti-AUSTERITY coalition takes power after bombshell vote
Athens (AFP) - Alexis Tsipras was sworn in Monday as Greek prime minister at the helm of an anti-austerity coalition after an election win that has sent.
Anti-Austerity Leftists Win Greek Election
Updated at 10:30 p.m. ET. Greeces radical left Syriza party has become the first anti-austerity party to win elections in Europe, throwing into doubt whether the troubled country stays the course on an international austerity plan. The party fell just.
Greek Exit Polls Project Election Win For Anti-Austerity Party
Exit polls in Greeces national elections suggested an easy win for the radical leftwing Syriza party on Sunday evening, which has promised to ���cancel��� austerity and defy the European institutions that have given Greece some $270 billion in bailout.
Austerity-Battered Greeks Favor Radical Left Before Vote
The winds of political change are coursing through austerity-weary Greece, but a financial whirlwind may lurk round the corner.
Tsipras Forges Anti-Austerity Coalition in EU Challenge
Tsiprass Syriza party and the Independent Greeks announced plans for an anti-austerity coalition in Athens on Monday after Syriza won an emphatic election victory by harnessing a public backlash against years of job losses and hardship. In a post.
Greek Leftist Tsipras Hails Victory Against Austerity, Bailout
Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras hailed the projected victory of his anti-austerity Syriza party in Sundays snap election as a defeat for austerity and the EU/IMF bailout programme keeping the country afloat.
Greek vote shows growing European backlash against AUSTERITY
25, 2015 reflects a growing European backlash against austerity policies. Across the continent, support is growing for parties and groups outside the mainstream like Syriza, which triumphed in Greece on Sunday after pledging to renegotiate the country.
Greek anti-AUSTERITY party hails election win: The time of the.
Supporters of Greek anti-austerity party Syriza wildly cheered Sundays election victory, confident that the first-ever victory by a leftist party in Greece would help turn back austerity in Europe. Red and white flags emblazoned��.
Greece QandA: what now for Syriza and EU AUSTERITY?
Greece awoke to a new era of defiant anti-austerity on Monday after voters handed a decisive victory to the radical leftist party Syriza, putting Athens on a collision course with the European commission and international creditors. Under its 40-year.
Accidental Economist and Scourge of Austerity Tipped for Greek Finance Post
A scourge of austerity policies who calls himself an accidental economist is set to become Greeces finance minister and the key negotiator with its creditors, barring last-minute hitches, senior Syriza party officials said on Monday.
So Long, Austerity? - Foreign Affairs
In particular, Syriza has promised to do away with austerity, which was imposed on Greece in 2010 by the European Union, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the IMF (collectively known as the Troika), after Greeces��.
Its a Tough Time for Everybody
WHAT do Americans really understand of Britain today? How much of our opinion is founded on emotion inherited from history?. Matthews, H and N: Assignment to Austerity
Greek Vote Shows Growing European Backlash Against Austerity
The election result in Greece reflects a growing European backlash against austerity policies. Across the continent, support is growing for parties and groups outside the mainstream like Syriza, which triumphed in Greece on Sunday after pledging to renegotiate the countrys huge bailout agreements.
Greece votes on whether to dump AUSTERITY, take on lenders
Greeks begin voting in an election expected to bring to power the radical leftist Syriza party, which has pledged to take on international lenders and roll back painful austerity measures imposed during years of economic crisis. Justin Mitchell reports.
Austerity cuts will bite even harder in 2015 ��� another ��12bn.
Amelia Gentleman: during five years of austerity, Britain has not experienced the wave of protest seen in other countries. That could change ��� this is a pivotal year in the race to reshape the nature of the state.
Anti-AUSTERITY Syriza Party wins big in Greece - FSRN
Voters in Greece delivered a resounding victory to a radical left-wing party in whats being hailed as a popular tidal wave of opposition to Europes austerity policies that have that brought deep cuts in public spending and��.
Greek Election Winner Must Stick to Austerity, Says German FinMin
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble reiterated on Wednesday that whoever wins the upcoming election in Greece will have to stick to a path of austerity.
Greece Chooses Anti-Austerity Party in Major Shift
ATHENS ��� Greece rejected the harsh economics of austerity on Sunday and sent a warning to the rest of Europe as the left-wing Syriza party won a decisive victory in national elections, positioning its tough-talking leader, Alexis Tsipras, to become.
Anti-austerity Syriza party wins Greek elections - Daily Express
Syrizas refusal to continue meeting the austerity demands placed on Greece by its creditors has sparked fears the country may be unable to repay its debts, which could force the countrys exit from the Eurozone. They need a��.
Greece leaves behind the AUSTERITY that ruined it, party leader vows after vote
Syrizas pledges to try to get some of Greeces colossal debt written off and roll back unpopular austerity measures appealed to exasperated members of the electorate -- even if they potentially jeopardize Greeces place in the eurozone. The election.
Its time to play AUSTERITY! The depressingly accurate.
Weve reinvented everyones least favourite board game for the age of austerity!
Greeks hand stunning victory to anti-austerity Syriza
Greece set itself on a collision course with the rest of Europe on Sunday night after handing a stunning general election victory to a far-Left party that has pledged to reject austerity and cancel the countrys billions of pounds in debt. In a.
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AUSTERITY?
Greeces anti-austerity Prime Minister sworn in
Syrizas pledges to try to get some of Greeces colossal debt written off and roll back unpopular austerity measures appealed to exasperated members of the electorate -- even if they potentially jeopardize Greeces place in the eurozone. The partys.
Syriza Victory in Greek Election Roils European Debate Over Austerity
The ECB used to back Germany loudly on the benefits of austerity, before suggesting last fall that the eurozone overall had become too austere and that Germany should spend more. Lately, ECB head Mario Draghi has avoided provoking Berlin on fiscal .
Very good sentences about austerity - Marginal Revolution
Yes, it would be useful to do a more systematic study of fiscal austerity, but the Keynesians dont seem to know how to do so. All I see are cross sectional studies that mix together countries with an independent monetary [���]
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. A bottle of “Austerity”-brand wine.
Euro, Stocks Slip as Anti-Austerity Party Wins Greek Election
The euro skidded to an 11-year low and stock prices fell on Monday as Greeces Syriza party promised to roll back austerity measures after sweeping to victory in a snap election, putting Athens on a collision course with international lenders.
Stocks eke out small gains after drifting most of the day
Investors were still digesting Sundays election victory by Greeces Syriza party, which has vowed to end painful austerity policies. Thats raised concerns about whether Greece will break free from the Eurozone. The countrys current bailout plan.
Greek anti-AUSTERITY party to form coalition after election win
Greek voters swung to the once-marginal left-wing party after five years of punishing austerity measures demanded under 240 billion euro ($268 billions) bailout deals threw hundreds of thousands of people out of work and left nearly a third of the.
Why Does the Power of the Hard Money/Fiscal Austerity.
Doc K asks an important question on his blog this weekend - how, after all of these years of being dreadfully wrong, do the Austerians and inflationistas still.
New Greek PM Sworn In, Vowing To End Austerity Program
After years of crippling economic austerity imposed by Greeces creditors, voters in Sundays election handed Syriza a decisive victory, with the party winning 149 seats in the 300-seat parliament. Just two seats shy of forming government in its own.
This is Austerity???Pragmatic Capitalism | Pragmatic.
I swear I am not on a Paul Krugman debunking campaign today (as if I could do that to begin with), but I did have another problem with something he wrote here regarding austerity: ���Spending is still elevated a bit relative to��.
Non-Chart of the Day: Wheres the Austerity? | Mother Jones
Tyler Cowen passes along the following chart, a modified version of one Matt Yglesias used to show the trend of total government expenditures (federal + state + local) and declare 2014 is the year American austerity came to��.
This Isnt Really Austerity in the USAPragmatic Capitalism.
I keep hearing and reading all these stories about how theres now a crushing fiscal contraction in the USA. But is that really true? Not according to the.
Spains Rajoy Backs Greek Austerity Before Poll
Spains Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday defended Greeces tough bailout program, ahead of a general election here that could see his fellow conservatives lose power to leftwing challengers.