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Greek Crisis Being Used to Push Radical Economic Policies
I missed this story last week, and it's an important one. If you want evidence that Disaster Capitalism - the termed coined by Naomi Klein in her brilliant book "The Shock Doctrine" is still the dominant tactic of free market militants, look no further than what is being proposed ...read more
Greece Bailed Out, But Austerity Measures Will Hamper Recovery
By Ben Cohen: Europe has bailed out Greece (again) in a historic deal that guarantees the bankrupt nation 130 million euros. From the NY Times: Greece finally secured its second giant bailout early Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers agreed to save it from bankruptcy in ...read more