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Sudan's Government Isn't Going Down Without a Fight
The antiregime protests that have swept Sudan for the last week are at a crossroads, with the fervent optimism of the previous days giving way to somber reflection and shock that over 50 people are believed to have died.
Felix Martin Told Me What Money Really Is
He just wrote a book about it, so he was the right guy to ask.
The IMF's Admission That Austerity Has Failed Is Going to Make the G8 Pretty Awkward
Today, David Cameron will chair the G8 in Northern Ireland. While he's there, he'll be dodging awkward questions about the virtues of austerity—a couple of weeks after the culprits behind the biggest experiment in austerity's history admitted that it...
The Greek Government Tried and Failed to Close Their PBS
On Tuesday, it was announced that the ERT—Greece's public television network—would be closed down as part of austerity measures the country agreed to when it was bailed out in 2010. Soon after the announcement was made, laid-off workers returned to...
Will Cypriots Have to Pay to Clear Up Their Bankers' Mess?
On Saturday, Cypriots were looking at the possibility of having the government freeze their bank accounts and take a portion of their savings without even giving them the time to rush to the bank, take out all their cash, and blow it on the large...