Anis Chowdhury says governments should recalibrate their policies for longer-term resilience, sustainability, social cohesion and shared prosperity.
COVID-19: Use Stimulus Packages for Longer Term Progress
Tag: Austerity
Come Free Me
It is no surprise that young people are on the streets with banners that plead for a new world, for it is these young people who recognize that their lives are at stake, writes Vijay Prashad.
The Story of the UK General Election is not Brexit, it’s the Coming Breakup of Britain
More Austerity for Developing Countries: It’s Bad News, and It’s Avoidable
As the West questions damaging austerity policies, it is becoming the new normal for the rest of the world, write Isabel Ortiz and Thomas Stubbs.
This Election is Not About Brexit, It’s About Common Human Decency
John Wight says grim British living standards ensure that the general election next month is the most important in a generation.
López Obrador Vows ‘Poverty’ for Mexican Government
The decision has set up a standoff between the president and the courts, writes Luis Gómez Romero.
The Euro-Establishment’s Fear of Populism
French protesters are furious with EU champion Emmanuel Macron while Rome battles Brussels over its budget. Amid all this, Andrew Spannaus discusses why organized labor isn’t seizing the moment.
Europe Discovers a Volatile Populism
Exclusive: European politicians are finding it tricky to “play the populist card,” as U.K. Prime Minister May discovered when her Conservative Party stumbled over its support for more austerity, writes Andrew Spannaus.
‘Secret’ History of the Greek Crisis
The past may be prologue, but it is first necessary to know what that past is, a growing problem in a modern age when so much is miswritten, misunderstood or forgotten. This dilemma of “secret” history is now a factor in…
The Inhuman Failure of ‘Austerity’
The Framers of the U.S. Constitution said the Government should provide for the “general Welfare,” a mandate to help build a strong and prosperous nation. But the concept has been lost in a wave of anti-government, “neoliberal” propaganda making the…