Dean Baker: The questionable successes of Macron

Austerity violated Greeks’ right to food, new report concludes: “structural reforms that “significantly tipped the balance in favor of larger food retailers and private traders to the detriment of small-scale producers.”” Read here

The court that heard the Catalan independence trial in 2019 is opposed to granting any form of pardon – total or partial – to the 12 pro-independence leaders convicted of sedition, misuse of public funds and disobedience, […]

There are two economic theories that have been thoroughly discredited, but are still ubiquitous in mainstream media: austerity enables economic growth and giving the rich still more money results in a trickle-down effect creating a […]