Austerity News
There’s a good reason we haven’t rioted over all the austerityIrish Independent The Irish Economy – Brendan and Dermot Walsh on health and austerityDermot and Brendan Walsh have just published a provocative comment in the British Medical Journal on the link between health and austerity [http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f4140/rr/651853]. Momentary relief from the deliberations on Anglo! The comment reads: Ireland is – after Greece – the country where the post 2008 structural adjustment programme, aka austerity, has been proportionately most severe. Yet there are […] read full article |
Agreement reached on austerity measures and reforms for European civil serviceInvest in EU |
Austerity: the elderly can be part of the solution to this economic mess The Guardian Will Hutton is rightly appalled by the stupidity of George Osborne and the coalition’s economic policies, which even Vince Cable and the Lib Dems are now beginning to realise are taking us in an accelerating downward spiral (“Blame austerity, not old … See all stories on this topic » |
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Portland’s Austerity Resistance Movement Sparks Changes to City Bay Area Indymedia This latest round of cuts promised to be the worst of several successive years of austeritymeasures. Each time city officials have told the public that “temporary” sacrifices need to be made now to enable the economy toå turn around tomorrow. Each … See all stories on this topic » |
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France to deepen austerity cuts next year – paper Times of Oman France to deepen austerity cuts next year – paper. by Reuters June 29, 2013 , 7 : 38 pm SAVE THIS ARTICLE. Share. Tweet. E-mail. Young French people demonstrate against President Hollande’s economic policies in Paris. Photo – Daniel Finnan via Flickr … See all stories on this topic » |
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More Austerity Seen Coming For Greece Greek Reporter The newspaper Kathimerini said it had seen a revised memorandum between Greece and the Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) which calls for new austerity measures unless revenues can be … See all stories on this topic »
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MINING.com Roughly 7000 coal sector jobs have disappeared from the Australian state of Queensland in just over a year, The Courier-Mail reported Saturday. “New market realities” including collapsing commodity prices, slowing Asian demand and diminishing profits … See all stories on this topic » |
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France in double-dip recession amid austerity measures: Analysts Press TV Analysts say French leaders are continuing with austerity measures and cuts although reports indicate that France is in a double-dip recession, Press TV reports. “France is in recession because President Francois Hollande has chosen austerity. But … See all stories on this topic » |
Austerity starts at home, cut political salaries first: Lithuanian president
euronews After a successful Irish EU presidency, which saw real steps taken on banking union and the bloc’s budget, euronews met with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaité to discuss which course she plans to chart for the European Union over the next six … See all stories on this topic » |
Austerity and the Mistaken Lessons of History New Yorker (blog) At this stage, when even the International Monetary Fund has turned against Osborne and called upon him to reverse course, I won’t bother retreading the arguments against austerity. Suffice it to say that compared with the behavior of the U.S. economy, … See all stories on this topic » |
Austerity is like ‘bleeding’ the patient – and may be as deadlyIrish Independent |
Austerity Opera made to inspire next generation Cotswold News Two enterprising Midlands arts companies are staging a full-scale opera, based on Homer’s epics The Iliad & The Odyssey, on a budget that would barely pay for the wardrobe of most opera houses. Coventry-based Talking Birds Theatre Company and … See all stories on this topic » |
Prince Charles: Taxpayers’ bill for austerity heir HALVES in one year Mirror.co.uk He’s not exactly surviving on bread and water, but Prince Charles has halved the amount of taxpayers’ money he has splashed out, figures revealed today. The public bill for the heir to the throne fell from £2.2million to £1.15million in the last … See all stories on this topic » |
Portuguese strike against austerity RT Portuguese strike against austerity. Thousands of people have been marching towards the parliament in Lisbon as trade unions, which represent around 1 million workers, staged a 24-hour strike. This protest was aimed against relentless austerity … See all stories on this topic » |
The Austerity Bus arrives in Weston-super-Mare ITV News The TUC Austerity Bus has arrived in Weston for a rally organised by the union, Unison. Many of its members work at Weston General Hospital and say they are concerned at proposals to privatise it. The hospital has struggled with debt and new methods of … See all stories on this topic » |
Miners to offer austerity help to Durham’s former pit villages The Northern Echo The Durham Miners’ Association has called the first meeting to discuss the union’s response toausterity measures at the Glebe Centre, in Murton on Tuesday, July 2 at 5.30pm. It will discuss the impact of unemployment, benefit cuts and the so-called … See all stories on this topic » |
Posted on July 1, 2013, in Anti Austerity, Banking, buisiness, EU, Government, Health, Human rights and Liberties, IMF/ECB, Ireland, National Politics, politics, UK, USA and tagged Austerity, Coventry, European Civil Service, European Union, George Osborne, Government, Greece, Homer, Iliad & The Odyssey, International Monetary Fund, Ireland, Irish Independent, Maroš Šefčovič, President of Ireland, UK, Vince Cable, Will Hutton. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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