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Why Greece Can’t Afford to Stay in the Euro
Sometime in the next few weeks we’re going to find out if Greece can afford to stay in the euro. We’re also going to find out if Spain and Italy can afford to leave the euro. Access to credit markets is the key issue. The stigma of default will lock a country out of capital… read more
The Case for Austerity
The Keynesians and declared anti-Keynesians have joined hands in order to promote an intensely Keynesian error: European fiscal austerity as a negative factor. One contributor in Forbes refers to austerity as a death spiral. The word “austerity,” beginning with the Greek government’s debt crisis two years ago, has been used by the financial media in… read more
Hear That? It’s The Sound Of The Doors Closing For Americans
We hate being right. After all, we have been predicting that people in the US and most of the western world will soon find themselves living in a Terminator-esque world where they will be tracked every moment of the day (US Government Builds World’s Biggest Domestic Spy Complex), 1 the US Government can jail indefinitely… read more
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Empire Unplugged: A Salon with Dean Baker & Jeffrey Tucker on the Federal Reserve
Is the Federal Reserve a legitimate institution? What is the case for and against the Fed? Jeffrey Tucker, an Austrian economics advocate, executive editor of Laissez Faire Books debates CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker in this three part series. Click on the videos below to view.
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