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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/18-1

Greeks Worry That a Future of Austerity is No Future at All
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/14-7

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Vampire Hedge Funds Are Sucking Greece Dry

By Les Leopold

Who are the real villains on Wall Street? When it comes to institutionalized greed and corruption, nothing tops the too-big-to-fail banks like JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30295.htm



Greek rescue blocked by hedge fund greed

Financiers who bought 'distressed' Greek debt insist on making vast profits from the crisis.

http://ind.pn/zdqiJo



'Austerity disease' spreads through the West

WHAT DO Nobel Prize-winning development economist Amartya Sen and IMF chief Christine Lagarde have in common? They both oppose the prevailing orthodoxy that all heavily indebted governments must cut their way back to prosperity as soon as they can. And they are not alone.

http://bit.ly/xMnZMm



Athens Is Burning and Angela Merkel Holds the Spent Match

Athens is besieged by riots, because ordinary Greeks understand what their leaders won t admit. The reforms imposed by Angela Merkel and Greek creditors will delay but not avoid a sovereign default.

http://www.globalpolitician.com/27310-eurozone-greece-germany



Accidentally Released and Incredibly Embarrassing: Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in 'Naked Short Selling'

By Matt Taibbi

It doesn t happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31345.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Rooted in Politics, Austerity Worsens the Greek Tragedy

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: ''So now the austerity isn t market-driven, its' political, the pound of flesh official lenders are demanding for maintaining the trickle of cash. And it really is in large part about punishment; we have now seen a fairly impressive demonstration that big budget cuts in a depressed economy hardly even reduce the deficit, because they drive the economy down and tax receipts with it.''

http://www.truth-out.org/rooted-politics-austerity-worsens-greek-tragedy/1327439325

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How Goldman wired Greece for implosion
http://www.realecontv.com/videos/europe/how-goldman-wired-greece-for-implosion.html



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