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The Eurocrats’ Response

April 20, 2013   ·   0 Comments

By Costas Panayotakis: The disastrous handling of the current crisis by the European political and economic elites explains why Europe’s attempt to recover from the crisis ...

Is an “Expert” Someone Who Is Surprised by Developments in Their Area of Expertise?

By Dean Baker: That might seem to be the definition given the way they are often featured in news accounts. A NYT piece on the results of the ...

‘NYT’ Says Irish Ethnic Solidarity is Problematic

By Philip Weiss: NYT has an article saying that ethnic solidarity across nations is problematic.

‘Resolving’ the Greek Crisis

By Costas Panayotakis: Some people never learn (or at least they pretend not to).  Edward P. Joseph and Anna Triandafyllidou’s ‘Resolve the Real Greek Crisis’ is ...

Davos and the Specter of Orwell

By Costas Panayotakis: Judging from Jack Ewing’s recent article in The New York Times, a specter haunts this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos, the specter of George Orwell.

On Europe’s ‘Progress’

By Costas Panayotakis: In an editorial disguised as a piece of business reporting Liz Alderman and Jack Ewing inform New York Times readers that ‘Despite Signs ...

Criminalizing Radicalism — The Bombings in Greece

By Costas Panayotakis: In an article that reports on a number of bombings in Greece in recent weeks, Liz Alderman presents contrasting interpretations of these developments and what precipitated them...

Ecocidal Austerity

By Costas Panayotakis: A recent article by Suzanne Daley scratches the surface of the catastrophic environmental implications that Greece’s brutal austerity program has had.

Latvia’s Economic Disaster as a Neoliberal Success Story: A Model for Europe and the US?

By Jeffrey Sommers and Michael Hudson: A generation ago the Chicago Boys and their financial supporters applauded General Pinochet’s anti-labor Chile as a success story...

The New York Times’ Bizarre and Misleading Praise of Austerity Poster Child Latvia

By Philip Pilkington: Most pieces written and published on economic topics in our newspapers are morality tales rather than economic analysis...

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