Folha de São Paulo (Brazil): The house is on fire and the owners are arguing about what kind of safety regulations should be implemented in the future so as to prevent these types of fires. That is what appears to be going on in the eurozone right now, as European leaders try to reach agreement on a series of measures that would impose “fiscal discipline” on member states in the future.
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 17, 2011
Dean Baker
The Hankyoreh (South Korea), November 2011
The socialist prime minister of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero — apparently at the suggestion of German Chancellor Angela Merkel — has proposed amending the Spanish constitution to ensure that the government never runs a deficit larger than 0.4 perce
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, August 22, 2011
Unless European officials can find a viable solution soon, the continent’s sovereign debt crisis threatens to derail the increasingly fragile world economic recovery. The conventional wisdom blames Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland — the poorer “periphe
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, August 8, 2011
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, September 9, 2010
July 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Montecino
Mark WeisbrotThe Guardian Unlimited, July 9, 2010En Español
