John Weeks on Economics and Austerity
![]() | Under Thatcher, the Poor Became Poorer | |
| John Weeks: Thatcher and Reagan set out to crush the union movement
and assert the power of capital | ||
![]() | Romney and the European Authoritarian Right | |
| John Weeks: European right-wing governments prefer Obama for pragmatic reasons, but are closer to Romney in ideology | ||
![]() | Argentinian Central Bank Targets Growth, Not Lower Inflation | |
| John Weeks: The Central Bank of Argentina breaks ranks with neo-liberal banking policy and targets jobs over lower inflation | ||
![]() | Italian PM - Austerity Not Leading to Growth | |
| Pt.2 Fareed Zakaria's defence of neo-liberalism runs into trouble when Italian PM says "fiscal discipline" destroying domestic demand | ||
![]() | Fareed Zakaria's Neo-Liberal Defense of Germany Pt1 | |
| John Weeks Pt1: Zakaria's (of CNN and Time Magazine) analysis of the Greek crisis is nonsense that misses the entire context of the problem | ||