A skewering of the brutal austerity in Greece which led to the country’s train disaster.
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James K. Galbraith: The Austerity Train Wreck
Austerity
Bill Mitchell – The monetary and fiscal normality of Wolfgang Schäuble – stagnation and entrenched unemployment
Wolfgang Schäuble carries most of the responsibility for the terrible state of the EU economy since 2008. Read here
EU politics
UNI Europa: EU gives green light for €1 billion to companies that undermine workers’ rights
Public procurement in the EU is worth €2 trillion a year (14% of GDP). Half of public tenders are awarded on the basis of the lowest price alone, without any other consideration. As a result, […]
Austerity
rfi: Self-employed workers in France join strike over pension reform
Representatives of more than 16 professions including doctors and lawyers have joined strike action to defend their self-funded pension schemes which they say the government’s pension reforms ignore. Read here
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