Unit 4 Macro: The Failure of Austerity

Here is a selection of links and news videos on the vexed economic, social and political issue of fiscal austerity - there is a particular focus on the effects of austerity in the debt-ridden crisis countries of the Euro Zone

Links

· A debt write down might stop the vultures feasting on Greece (Guardian, May 2012)

· Capital flight causing problems in Greece (BBC news, May 2012)

· End Depression Now! Paul Krugman at the LSE (Tutor2u, May 2012)

· Euro Zone crisis (Guardian articles)

· Europe clings to scorched-earth ideology as depression deepens (Telegraph, December 2012)

· Greece as victim (Paul Krugman, New York Times, 2012)

· Greece slips to 94th in corruption index as austerity makes it EU's weakest link (Guardian, Dec 2012)

· Greece will leave the Euro in 12 months (Paul Krugman, Independent, May 2012)

· Greece, the up-side of default (BBC news, May 2012)

· Greek government austerity measures (BBC news, October 2011)

· Joseph Stiglitz: Austerity not the way to go for Europe (BBC October 2011)

· Profile: IMF and the World Bank (BBC, 2012)

· Struggling Greeks losing belief in the State (BBC, Paul Mason, Feb 2012)

· The euro is heading for a permanent state of depression (Telegraph, October 2012)

· The Euro is killing southern Europe, lesson from Argentina (Slate, 2011)

· What if Greece quits the Euro? (BBC)