It’s 2011 all over again. The European debt crisis is nipping our incipient recovery in the bud. There’s talk of a …
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Europe Crisis: “Bad Romance” on a Global Scale
If there were an official anthem for the European debt crisis, it would be Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” and not just because the pop star croons a few lines in French and chants the name of a continental European capital. The …
Euro Crisis: Why a Greek Exit Could Be Much Worse than Expected
More than one kind of damaging domino effect is possible if Greece is forced to abandon the euro
Why Germany Should Leave the Euro Zone
The departure of Germany would take pressure off the weaker countries, and the costs of breaking up the euro zone will have to be paid no matter who leaves
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Europe’s Economic Woes: That Sound You Hear Is the Euro Cracking
A breakup in the euro zone just got more real with the announcement of the short list for the Wolfson Economics Prize, a prestigious economics award that has the biggest payout (£250,000, or about $400,000) after the Nobel …
Why Portugal May Be the Next Greece
The worst is over for the euro zone, the experts say. But Greece isn’t really fixed and Portugal could become a second big problem before year-end
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Is America’s Economic Recovery Real?
That’s the $64,000 question, particularly for the U.S. presidential elections – if things keep improving, it’s only good news for Obama. The economy has been on a roll this year, with unemployment down, consumer and …
Europe’s Debt Crisis: Back from the Brink?
So it looks like Greece will dodge a default, at least for now. The Greek parliament passed a new $4.4 billion austerity package on Sunday, which includes a painful 22% cut in the minimum wage and 150,000 public sector job …
TIME’s Interview With Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti
This week’s edition of TIME International features an interview with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (subscribers can read the story here). In the mean time, check out our video interview with Italy’s new leader.
Euro Banks Swap Cash for Trash
Cheap loans being offered by the European Central Bank to help reflate the Eurozone are encouraging some banks to boost their profits by loading up on risky bonds.
Why the Latest Euro Zone Debt-Crisis Agreement Shows How Europe Just Doesn’t Get It
I just landed in Rome for some on-the-ground reporting on the latest twists and turns in the euro-zone debt crisis, and I immediately got some sound insights from our reporter here, Stephan Faris. Faris watches the situation in …
My Top Five Takeaways from Davos
One of the challenges of covering the World Economic Forum at Davos as a journalist is making sense of the whole thing. The forum is days and days of wandering conversations and endless debates on just about every subject you can …
