Greek Myths
Newleftproject.org by Duncan Weldon this article is from issue 45 of the journal Soundings written in May 2010. The stories that we tell about the economy are part of the political battle. […]
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Economic Crisis, Greek Theater, Our Drama
by Richard Wolff. PUBLISHED ON JUNE 4, 2010 Political theater now grips Greece. As with ancient Greek plays, today’s drama also reaches and touches everyone else. We sense Greece’s dilemmas […]
Greece, Again: Demystifying “National Debt”
by Richard Wolff. PUBLISHED ON APRIL 27, 2010 Yet again, business leaders, politicians, academics, and media are blowing smoke around Greece’s efforts to cope with “national debt” problems. Something far […]
Greece: Same Tragedy, Different Scripts
By Walden Bello, July 14, 2010 Cafés are full in Athens, and droves of tourists still visit the Parthenon and go island-hopping in the fabled Aegean. But beneath the summery […]
Richard D. Wolff at Athens University of Economics
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program […]
Greece: The EU-ECB-IMF austerity package and the challenge for the Left
by Panagiotis Sotiris* Introduction During the past months Greece has been the most dramatic example of the current sovereign debt crisis and the first to be forced to introduce an […]
The potential to shut Greece down
by Alex Callinicos The price of the so-called “rescue” of Greece is massive austerity for working people. This is coming up against resistance from the most militant working class in Europe. […]
Research on Money and Finance
Eurozone in Crisis: Reform or Exit? Wednesday 02 June, 6-8pm, RMF and Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Roundtable Room B33, Birkbeck College, Mallet St. WC1 The event will explore themes […]
Austerity: Why and for Whom?
by Rick Wolff Clearly, the global capitalist crisis that started in 2007 will be neither short nor shallow. The government rescue of the US financial industry pumped enough extra money […]
Debate on the Greek Insurrection
Legitimation Crisis and the Greek Explosion PETER BRATSIS Abstract The political ‘explosion’ that took place in Greece was a symptom of a systemic and deep-rooted legitimation crisis of the Greek […]
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