IMF

Mr. Blanchard, as chief economist of the IMF, can be considered as one of the people directly responsible for the biggest social and economic catastrophe in Western Europe after the 2nd World War, due to the Greek "bail-out" (bail the banks and their profits) program.

By Bill Mitchell On May 27, 2016, Statistics Iceland (the national statistical agency) released the news – Iceland economy to grow by 4.3% in 2016....

By Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Davide Furceri Instead of delivering growth, some neoliberal policies have increased inequality, in turn jeopardizing durable expansion Milton Friedman...

By Peter Koenig and Amin Abadi, The Kayhan Institute A few weeks ago, Amin Abadi from the The Kayhan Institute of Teheran asked me for...

After reviewing the main determinants of the current eurozone crisis, this paper discusses the feasibility of introducing fiscal currencies as a way to restore...

Economist Michael Hudson says IMF's concern about Greek debt is bogus, this is full scale financial war, forcing Greece give up ports, pensions, properties...

Germany’s Assault On The IMF By Paul Craig Roberts Having successfully used the EU to conquer the Greek people by turning the Greek “leftwing” government into...

French government seeks to crush strikes against labor law By Alex Lantier In the face of expanding strikes by refinery workers and truckers against the new...

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos I usually work more than ten hours a day and most of the weekends. I am often happy with what I do...

Austerity without debt relief courts new unrest in Greece By Lynn Parramore  Economist James K. Galbraith warns that ‘unrealistic expectations’ by Athens’ creditors is a recipe...