The Watson Institute at Brown University presents Mark Blyth on Austerity
A Watson Institute video on the global trend toward Austerity budgets featuring Mark Blyth. Directed by Joe Posner Produced by Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies (watsoninstitute.org) in association with the Global Conversation (globalconversation.org) and Global Media ...
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The Meaning of "Austerity"
TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: ur1.ca ..."Austerity" is one of those Orwellian terms that has been injected into our political discourse precisely because it is a nice-sounding word for a very painful reality. "Austerity" implies discipline, self-restraint, even nobility. "Austerity" is prudent. "Auster...
Austerity Suicides: Debt the Ripper stalks Europe
Struggling with money has proven to be an unbearable burden for a Greek pensioner - who has shot himself dead in a square in central Athens. It's just one of a string of suicides across the EU, caused by financial desperation and the continuing, harsh austerity measures. RT's Tesa Arcilla reports...
Keiser Report: Tombstone Austerity (E249)
In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss tear gas and deja vu for financial crimes and tombstone austerity. In the second half of the show, Max talks to James Howard Kunstler of Kunstler.com about the John Brown moment in America and the control fraud of media. KR on FB: ww...
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Austerity coming to America
The 2009 stimulus plan was supposed to get the US economy back on track, however almost one year after Congress passed the Recovery Act the US is still struggling to get its finances back on track. While Wall Street is back to normal, everyday Americans are seeing high numbers of unemployment and...
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Assaulting Austerity
Austerity & Neo-Nazis, oh my! Stay up-to-date with the latest animation! tinyurl.com Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com or on Facebook: tinyurl.com And of course, there's an iPhone app! tinyurl.com News-in-a-Nutshell is back, this time taking a closer look at the latest elections and austerity bat...
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Prosperity Without Austerity - Sweden
Can the Euro bankrupt learn from Sweden's austerity success? To see more go to www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook (goo.gl or Twitter (www.twitter.com Whilst most European economies are crumbling under the debt crisis one country is bucking the trend, proving that austerity measures can simulta...
'Austerity cold shower reality check'
Former European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet gives an exclusive interview to RT emphasizing the fact that developed countries must stick to sound policies of not spending more than they earn, which has little to do with austerity measures. RT on Twitter: twitter.com RT on Facebook: www....
CrossTalk: Plentiful Austerity
What does slash public spending mean for the economy? Is recession the right time for tightening the belts? Where does the growth come from if everybody is cutting down? Many say that low levels of government spending make the economy grow faster. It may be true, but people may not necessarily pr...
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Austerity measures ignite Athens
On Monday the Greek Parliament voted to approve another round of austerity measures. Now the Eurozone finance ministers have started to formulate a bailout plan for the financially distort Greek economy. In the approval 15000 public sector jobs were cut and a decrease on the national minimum wage...
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Austerity Lockdown: 'Spanish cuts a Catch-22 situation'
A meeting of the European Central Bank in Barcelona has sparked unprecedented security measures in Spain - reflecting public anger over savage austerity cuts to deal with the country's budget deficit. Several border controls have been restored for the event, with the authorities fearful of protes...
Greek austerity clashes video: Protesters vent anger at police
Thousands of Greek citizens took to the streets of Athens once again throughout Sunday, protesting painful austerity on the eve of a crucial eurozone meeting in Brussels that could determine Greece's salvation from financial meltdown in March and its future in the common currency zone. At the cit...
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Austerity Anger: Cops lash out at cuts protests in Spain
The streets of Spanish cities become a battlefield as tens of thousands of schoolchildren and students have been protesting against education cuts. The demonstrations turned violent earlier this week in the city of Valencia where 17 people were injured in what's been called a 'heavy-handed repres...
Age of Austerity: Italy town rebels against Rome, wants own currency
Italy's much-disputed 54-billion-Euro austerity package to slash the country's crippling debt will go through a final debate at the lower house of Parliament on Monday. It would increase taxes and cut government spending to balance the budget by 2013. But constant changes to the plan and squabbli...
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Austerity on Fire: Video of street battles in Spain as protests heat up
Airlines cancelled flights, picketers blocked trucks from delivering produce and police clashed with protesters as Spanish workers staged a general strike on Wednesday to protest against austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.
Slaves to Euro: Greece at austerity abyss
Greece is waiting for the EU to decide whether it has done enough to qualify for the 130 billion euro handout that's been dangling for months. The government's approval of 3 billion euros in cuts to public spending led to violence on the streets of Athens. And as RT's Jacob Greaves reports, the r...
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