Interview: Greek Bailout Saved Bankers, But Punished the People

Published on teleSUR, by gf-LB, June 30, 2015.

As Greece prepares for a referendum on further austerity proposals, teleSUR explores the legitimacy of the Greek debt.

The tens of billions in bailout funds provided to Greece, rescued the finance sector, a member of the Greek Debt Truth Commission has teleSUr in an exclusive interview: “It had one core aim, it was to bailout the private German and French and Greek banks, amongst other European banks”, Turkish economist Ozlem Onaran told teleSUR, who served as part of the Greek debt truth commission.   Continuer la lecture de « Interview: Greek Bailout Saved Bankers, But Punished the People »

Syriza, the Troika and the ironies

Published on Michael Robert’s Blog, by blog owner, June 30, 2015.

The ‘impossible triangle’ for the Syriza government was 1) reversing austerity 2) staying the Eurozone; and 3) Syriza staying in power (see my post Syriza, the economists and the impossible triangle). The Troika prepared to break that triangle.   Continuer la lecture de « Syriza, the Troika and the ironies »

Index June 2015

2015-06-01: The Best of Bach;
2015-06-02: The Class Logic behind Austerity Policies in the Euro-Area;
2015-06-03: Egypt: more of the same;
2015-06-04: Early Middle Ages Music;
2015-06-05: Wikileaks releases ‘largest’ trove of docs exposing secret TiSA trade deal;
2015-06-05: Greece misses IMF payment in warning shot as showdown with Europe escalates;
2015-06-06: some of today’s concerns;
2015-06-07: actual concerns;
2015-06-08: Renewed shelling hits residential areas in eastern Ukraine (PHOTOS, 3 VIDEOS);
2015-06-09: Would an unconditional basic income save democracy or breed laziness?
2015-06-10: WEST COAST SWING and more;
2015-06-10: hallo … geht es noch;
2015-06-11: Silk Road;
2015-06-12: What Happened to Those Apocalyptic Predictions About Overpopulation?
2015-06-13: CFPB examines reverse mortgage advertisements;
2015-06-14: Brewing Conflict over Greece – Germany’s Finance Minister Mulls Taking on Merkel;
2015-06-15: When Bankers Collide;
2015-06-15: Fakten zum Putsch in der Ukraine;
2015-06-16: Hildegard von Bingen;
2015-06-17: Ukraine and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance;
2015-06-18: Legal Highs, Welcome to the Cannabis Revolution – part 1;
2015-06-19: The Magna Carta – eight hundred years of forgetting;
2015-06-20: Anti-Russian sanctions hurt Europe harder than expected, threaten 2.5 Mio jobs – study;
2015-06-21: today these concerns;
2015-06-22: Cold War Resurgent, US Nukes Could Soon Return to Europe;
2015-06-23: Non-Leftist Left, a Radical Reconfiguration of Southern European Politics;
2015-06-24: Drug Companies Donated Millions to California Lawmakers Prior to Forced Vaccination Bill;
2015-06-25: Migration Crisis, the EU’s Shipwrecked Refugee Plan;
2015-06-26: Only socialism and class struggle can end austerity;
2015-06-27: ISIS is not strong, could be defeated within two days – ex-Israeli PM Ehud Barak;
2015-06-28: US ‘playing with fire’ by extremely provocative moves, not Russia;
2015-06-29: US: Illuminati Wife Tells All;
2015-06-30: US: South Pittsburg preparing for free income tax assistance program;
2015-06-30: Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, JUNE 1-30, 2015.