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Znet Article Weisbrot: Brazil Takes the Lead in Trying to Prevent Another Senseless War

Znet Article, March, 04 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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Brazil’s foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, made a courageous and very important statement last week about the rising threat of a military attack on Iran

Znet Article Weisbrot: Why American 'Democracy Promotion' Rings Hollow in the Middle East

Znet Article, February, 13 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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Egypt's crackdown on Republican and Democratic organisations is hardly surprising: they're widely seen as stooges of US empire

Znet Article Weisbrot: The Eurozone: Self-Inflicted Depression

Znet Article, February, 09 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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The fiscal crisis is continuing through a combination of incompetence and politics

Znet Article Weisbrot: Why American 'Democracy Promotion' Rings Hollow In The Middle East

Znet Article, February, 02 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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Egypt's crackdown on Republican and Democratic organisations is hardly surprising: they're widely seen as stooges of US empire

Znet Article Weisbrot: The Economic Idiocy of Economists

Znet Article, January, 12 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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The American Economic Association's annual meeting is red-letter day for 'the dismal science'. And dismal it proved

Znet Article Weisbrot: Appeal to Brazil

Znet Article, January, 06 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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The march toward war is accelerating now because of the 2012 elections

Znet Article Weisbrot: End of Iraq War is a Victory for Peace Movement – But What a Heinous Crime Was Committed

Znet Article, December, 23 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The coverage of the end of the Iraq War is yet another reminder of the horrible role that the major media plays in burying the truth

Znet Article Weisbrot: United Nations must Face up to the Disaster it Caused in Haiti

Znet Article, December, 22 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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Despite overwhelming evidence, the UN has still not taken responsibility for the cholera disaster in Haiti

Znet Article Weisbrot: Europe’s Crisis and Latvia’s “Success”

Znet Article, December, 18 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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Sooner or later the European authorities will have to stop building that bridge to the 19th century, and use modern economic policy to pull the European economy out of recession

Znet Article Weisbrot: Eurozone Crisis: Why the Fed Should Buy Italian Bonds

Znet Article, December, 01 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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If the ECB and European authorities stick with their suicidal doctrine of austerity, then the Federal Reserve must intervene

Znet Article Weisbrot: Honduras: America's Great Foreign Policy Disgrace

Znet Article, November, 20 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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First, the US backed a coup that deposed the elected president. Now, it's backing the return of death-squad government

Znet Article Weisbrot: Italy Pushed to the Brink by ECB Fiscal Orthodoxy

Znet Article, November, 11 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The European Central Bank's insistence on budget-tightening in a recession has forced Italy's finances into a deadly spiral

Znet Article Weisbrot: Obama Administration Escalates Confrontation With Iran: Why?

Znet Article, October, 29 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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President Obama announced that “all options are on the table,” which is well-known code for possible military action

Znet Article Weisbrot: Cristina Kirchner and Argentina's Good fortune

Znet Article, October, 27 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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Under the Kirchner administrations, Argentina has achieved the fastest growth in the west – after defaulting. Listening, Europe?

Znet Article Weisbrot: The US Today: Economic Stagnation, Political Paralysis

Znet Article, October, 09 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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If present trends continue, we are going to be looking at intolerably high levels of unemployment for years to come

Znet Article Weisbrot: The Eurozone: A Crisis of Policy, Not Debt

Znet Article, October, 03 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The "European debt crisis" is misnamed; it is not so much a crisis of debt as a crisis of policy failure

Znet Article Weisbrot: Can BRICS Help Europe?

Znet Article, October, 01 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The BRICS countries would not necessarily help Europe by throwing money at them

Znet Article Weisbrot: Brazil's "Independent" Central Bank: Independent from Whom?

Znet Article, September, 16 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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It is difficult to find a legitimate argument for the central bank to be independent of the will of the electorate

Znet Article Weisbrot: Brazil's "Wall Street" Problem

Znet Article, September, 02 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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Brazil's economy is slowing, but the government is increasing its primary surplus by cutting spending, which could slow the economy more

Znet Article Weisbrot: The "Debt Crisis" Myth

Znet Article, August, 20 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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There is no legitimate economic reason for a sovereign debt burden -- even an unsustainable one -- to result in years of economic stagnation and high unemployment

Znet Article Weisbrot: Market Turmoil and the Economics of Self-harm

Znet Article, August, 07 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The European Central Bank gets the credit for triggering Thursday's events

Znet Article Weisbrot: What Everyone Should Know about the "Debt Crisis" in the U.S.

Znet Article, August, 06 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The U.S. government does not have a "debt crisis"

Znet Article Weisbrot: Jamaica Remains Buried Under a Mountain of Debt, Despite Restructuring

Znet Article, July, 28 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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It is worth a closer look at what has been done to Jamaica

Znet Article Weisbrot: Brazil, MINUSTAH, Need a Timetable for Withdrawal from Haiti

Znet Article, July, 23 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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Wikileaks cables make it clearer than ever before that foreign troops occupying Haiti for more than seven years have no legitimate reason to be there

Znet Article Weisbrot: Why the Euro Is Not Worth Saving

Znet Article, July, 14 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The latest episode in the Eurozone crisis is a result of fears that the contagion is now hitting Italy

Znet Article Weisbrot: Non-Violent Protest Works – That's Why "The Audacity Of Hope" Is Being Held Up in Greece

Znet Article, July, 02 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The comparative advantage of the rich and powerful against non-violent resistance has significantly diminished in recent years

Znet Article Weisbrot: Greece: Bond Slave to Europe

Znet Article, June, 20 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The European authorities have more than enough money to finance a recovery program in Greece

Znet Article Weisbrot: Humala’s Win in Peru Consolidates Hemispheric Gains for Democracy, Independence, Progress

Znet Article, June, 09 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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It is another example of the voters going against the vast majority of the country’s rich and elite

Znet Article Weisbrot: Peru’s Election Could Change Hemispheric Relations, and Washington is Worried

Znet Article, June, 03 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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It’s about Washington’s waning influence and power in its former “back yard” of Latin America

Znet Article Weisbrot: A Step Forward, But Will Political Repression Continue?

Znet Article, May, 30 2011 Mark Weisbrot
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The Obama administration lost a lot of trust throughout the Hemisphere as a result of its support for the Honduran coup

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