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Finally, Berlusconi's Departing -- But That Won't Help the Eurocrisis Unless Austerity Plans Exit, Too

Mariana Mazzucato, AlterNet. November 11, 2011.

Berlusconi’s exit –though welcome -- will not solve Italy’s problems. Forced austerity measures are preventing investment in precisely the areas needed for recovery.

Why Are Politicians Running from Economic Reality into Tea Party Fantasy Land?

Eric Alterman, The Nation. September 5, 2011.

Just three years ago, President Obama was an unapologetic Keynesian. Now, he's jumped on the deficit hysteria bandwagon.

It's a Global Economic Meltdown -- Why Are We Shouldering Most of the Burden of Bailing Out the World?

John Schmitt, Center for Economic and Policy Research. February 15, 2009.

We need to fill the biggest hole in the current global response to the deepening recession: the lack of coordinated international fiscal policy.

What Were Considered "Radical" Economics Are Re-Emerging in Wake of Crisis

Julio Godoy, IPS News. November 12, 2008.

The worldwide market meltdowns have many turning the pages back to Marx and Keynes.

Iceland's Economic Meltdown Is a Big Flashing Warning Sign

Toby Sanger, AlterNet. October 21, 2008.

Iceland followed the prescriptions of a right-wing ideologue, and its economy paid a severe price.