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Educational Strike in Spain Brings Hundreds of Thousands Into the Streets

In Spain, Bank Transfers Reflect Broader Fears

The growing money flight in Europe....

In Spain, Bank Transfers Reflect Broader Fears

 

The Death of the Euro!

Banks are quietly readying themselves to start trading a new Greek currency. Some banks never erased the drachma from their systems after Greece adopted the euro more than a decade ago and would be ready at the flick of a switch if its debt problems forced it to bring back national banknotes and coins....

Banks prepare for the return of the drachma 

Spain Is the New Greece

"The austerity disease is intensifying the crisis, even in the core."

"To continue with this present course will not only precipitate a collapse of the euro, but a political collapse across Europe."

Spain Is the New Greece 

Greece is In Turmoil

Costas Lapavitsas is a professor in economics at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies. He teaches the political economy of finance, and he's a regular columnist for The Guardian.

Bill Black: Our System is So Flawed That Fraud is Mathematically Guaranteed

The French Election and the Eurocrisis

Paul Krugman: Europe’s Economic Suicide

"Just a few months ago I was feeling some hope about Europe. You may recall that late last fall Europe appeared to be on the verge of financial meltdown; but the European Central Bank, Europe’s counterpart to the Fed, came to the Continent’s rescue..."

Europe’s Economic Suicide 

The Federal Reserve's Role in the Recovery

A very interesting and thoughtful article on the Fed's role in the economic recovery and why the debt reducing chorus is completely misguided.

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The Federal Reserve Turns Left 

Speculation and Criminal Manipulation of Food and Commodities Prices