Austerity

Austerity policies are dangerous because they don't achieve their purported goals and harm those with the least political power, political economist and author Mark Blyth tells Truthout.

The IMF's austerity plan hasn't worked. Greece's possible recovery is down to a construction program boosting the economy.

Contrary to the official story, Greece's economy is not recovering, and the continuation of the Troika's neoliberal austerity medicine assure the country a bleak economic and social future.

If there are any illusions, it's among the liberals who expect dramatic change from a de Blasio administration while they tell the left and workers to be quiet.

This week we want to highlight some of the issues that are spurring youth to get active in their communities and what they are doing about them.

There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …

The Greek government is projecting a return to growth in 2014, a forecast supported by the International Monetary Fund, but some mainstream media outlets are reporting one agency's forecast …

Ryan-Murray bipartisan budget deal would not extend unemployment insurance for 1.3 million Americans, while maintaining $100 billion a year sequestration cuts after 2015.

The evidence suggests that capitalism has become wholly predatory and has given up all pretense of being socially responsible.

Saving the US economy begins with increasing the minimum wage, says economist Jeffrey Sommers.