From Athens to Tehran, powerful countries make the rules and break the rules. Everyone else just squeezes the best deal they can — for now, anyway.
Smashing the Austerity Idols
Greece and Germany don’t belong on the same continent, let alone in the same currency union.
Why Greece Won’t Take a Deal
Half of young Greeks are unemployed, and over 40 percent live in poverty. Is default really worse than letting Europe squeeze the country dry?
Greece: Echoes of Battles Past
The deal that was cut in Brussels buys Greece valuable time.
Turning the European Debt Myth Upside-Down
The European debt crisis has little to do with poor budgeting and everything to do with crony capitalism.
Updating German Thrift for the Age of Austerity
Thriftiness has served Germany well in the past, but the German culture of austerity suffers from selective memory.
Europe Gets up off the Mat to Battle Austerity
Left organizations from all over Europe met in Barcelona to draw up a plan to battle the forces of austerity.
The Greek Earthquake
Syriza will not easily sweep the policies of austerity aside, but there is a palpable feeling on the continent that a tide is turning.
Is Europe Going the Way of Yugoslavia?
Europe should be the world’s superpower. So why is it on the verge of collapse?
From Detroit to Dublin, A Fight for the Right to Water
Irish activists fighting a plan to increase the cost of water have an unlikely ally in their corner: the Detroit Water Brigade.