This is an old post that I thought had been lost forever when the WPC site suffered a catastrophic loss several months ago. Fortunately, the Wayback Machine came to the rescue! When we last left the unfolding Greek drama, it was a day before the referendum. I was a doubting Thomas Read more…
This week began with a debate in Greek Parliament called by the Official Opposition (the troika’s main, but not only, domestic cheerleaders) for the purposes of, eventually, indicting me for daring to counter the troika while minister of finance in the first six months of 2015. The troika who had staged a bank run Read more…
As legitimate political authority retreats, we fall in the lap of brute force, inertia and demonisation of the weak. Indeed, by the end of June of 2015, the ECB had shut our banks, our government was divided, I resigned my ministry, and my prime minister capitulated to the troika. The Read more…
The WPC site suffered a catastrophic loss in the fall of 2015. Attempts to restore it from backups failed. All of the old posts appeared to be lost forever. Fortunately, I was able to find some of the posts that I really wanted to hold onto via the Wayback Machine. (Thank you, Read more…
This post originally appeared on this site in early 2015. Greece stands at the precipice waiting to see if they’ll be forced out of the Euro while the troika (EU, ECB, and IMF) engage in open economic warfare against the nation under the continued guise of unilateral profligacy. The Greek’s Read more…
Instead of starting at level of the nation-state and forging an alliance, which is flimsy and brittle, how about starting a movement throughout Europe on the basis of a very clear manifesto that binds us together? How about a movement with some very simple ideas of what we want to Read more…