Michael Burke considers the likely fallout from Cameron having crossed a line that even Thatcher feared to tread.
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Strike!
On Wednesday, Britain saw its biggest strikes for 85 years, sounding a note of challenge to the government’s austerity drive, reports Michael Pooler.
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- Michael Pooler
- December 2, 2011
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The Euro debt crisis: bailout or default?
Stergios Skaperdas and David Olive wrangle over the best strategy for Greece and beyond - read their arguments and join the debate.
- New Internationalist
- December 1, 2011
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Time to tackle tax havens
With tax evasion costing the world more than $3.1 trillion every year, the urgency of tackling tax havens has never been greater, reports Tess Riley.
- Tess Riley
- November 28, 2011
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A Greek tragi-farce
Katerina Kitidi looks back over the recent political twists and turns that have beleaguered Greece.
- Katerina Kitidi
- November 14, 2011
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Greek debt: drastic haircuts and uncertain regrowth
As the European economic rollercoaster has the markets holding their breath, Michael Burke considers the relation of profits and ‘austerity’.
- Michael Burke
- November 2, 2011
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Death in Athens
Constantine Callaghan has filed this news report from Greece where the government has passed another round of strangling austerity measures amid violent public protest.
- Constantine Callaghan
- October 20, 2011
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Spain’s slow-burning revolution
Gemma Galdon gives a quick introduction to the Spanish movement that sparked a worldwide revolt against the global financial system.
- Hazel Healy
- October 15, 2011
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The US is not teetering on the edge of bankruptcy
As Obama ushers in a new debit-limit bill, Mark Engler explains how the argument ‘We’re broke’ is used to justify the demolition of social safety nets.
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- Mark Engler
- July 1, 2011
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Bust! the gambling boom
David Ransom finds a likeness between the addictions of gambling and the speculative impulses of capitalism.
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- David Ransom
- June 1, 2008
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