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Published in: HomeAll stick and no carrotWhy are Europe's fiscal technocrats so afraid of democracy? There is no evidence that good economics requires...
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Published in: HomeGreece: misjudgment to breakdownA series of conversations with young Athens professionals convinces Daniel Nethery that Greece's problems are more...
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Published in: HomeStructural funds and crocodile tears
Misdirected EU aid has strengthened rent-seeking elements in the Greek economy and fostered political clientelism,...
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Published in: HomeTime is up for awkward customer, Greece
Such complex situations cannot be resolved satisfactorily by only addressing numerical data or even the historic...
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Published in: HomeTowards a Red-Green People’s Europe
The president of PASOK and of the Socialist International addressed the German Green party in an audience including...
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Published in: HomeA Greek tragedy: the making of the Greek and Euro-Atlantic ruling classes
Who is George Papandreou? The author challenges what he sees as the defence over recent years on this website of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGreat Britain in the Greek looking glassRather than offering any illumination into the causes of the Greek crisis, Channel 4's 'Go Greek for a Week' held...
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Published in: HomeAfter the global crisis
Currently, by and large, the economic system emerging from the crisis is bound to be substantially very similar to...
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Published in: HomeA Greek referendum was, in fact, a bad idea
A Greek referendum was not an excellent idea, whose implementation was prevented by its alleged opponents, as...
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Published in: HomeThe Greek referendum is an excellent idea - the original article
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Published in: HomeA Greek referendum WAS an excellent idea
There was for a moment a breath of democracy in the crisis of the European currency and an attempt at honesty. But...
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Published in: HomeOrthodoxy is wrong: it can pay to default
In the 1990s, Argentina was an IMF poster boy, but it soon became a byword for the failures of the Washington...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK“I demand to know what you’re demanding!”: remarks on programme at #OccupyLondon
The political class want the London occupation to make demands of them - but the protestors aren't accepting this...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy in revolution: the Mediterranean moment
By showing us the possibility of democracy in revolution, they have ignited a revolution in democracy, one that is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReproduction of movement(s) without organisation: #UKUncut, #OWS, #OccupyMovement
A global day of collective action in 82 countries shook the world on October 15, 2011. Yet the protests were not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK#OccupyLondon: not the beginning or the end, but a momentous opportunity
The first weekend of the London occupation felt victorious, as the protesters established their own democracy and...
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Published in: HomeGreece’s failed state and Europe’s response
Far more dangerous than the present financial crisis threatening the euro, Greece looks like a failed EU state,...
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Published in: HomeA global revolution is under way
It is necessary to find a new system where decisions can only be taken if they have sufficient support from the...
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Published in: HomeA message to the west: what can ‘they’ learn from ‘us’?
For all those who are afraid or suspicious, I invite them to go to the streets of Syria. One main defect with...
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Published in: HomeThe road to Europe: questions on the UnionWhat do the mountains of debt of a west that used to be rich have in common? Were errors made in the construction...
