Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday continued the diplomatic high-wire act that his country's economic crisis has obliged him to attempt by working hard to persuade members of the Greek Parliament and the general population to accept the bailout package he was just offered in Brussels. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 13, 2015
To get desperately needed funds, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has submitted his country to harsh economic reforms that the people had rejected in a referendum just a week earlier. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJul 13, 2015
What is happening in Greece in the name of austerity has already happened to the poor and the working class in the United States. If the global financial elites continue in power, the misery of the Greeks will become our own. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJul 11, 2015
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss Greece’s pursuit of another bailout from the EU, two major security breaches of U.S. government databases and whether Donald Trump could win America’s Latino vote. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
“There is no end in sight to the suffering of the Greek people,” writes Guardian editor Larry Elliott following the prime minister's capitulation to European demands. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
While Greece is not the first country to defy the IMF’s prescriptions, it is uniquely poised to underscore, once and for all, capitalism's incompatibility with democracy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 8, 2015
Aside from monetary considerations, time is clearly the most important commodity in the ongoing crunch sessions between Greek and European leaders as they hash out a potential rescue strategy to keep Greece in the eurozone and out of financial free fall. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 7, 2015
"Those who want to chase Greece out of the eurozone today," the French economist says, "will end up on the trash heap of history." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 6, 2015
Despite his country’s decisive rejection of the European Union’s terms for remaining in the eurozone, the Greek finance minister has quit his post, citing an unwillingness on the part of some EU ministers to negotiate with him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 1, 2015
Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman maintain that Greece must keep going it alone and vote "no" on the upcoming referendum on the bailout. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 29, 2015
Greeks found their savings blocked and banks closed Monday morning after a standoff between the country and its bailout creditors that cast doubt on the future of Europe’s single-currency zone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 22, 2015
“There has been nothing but bad news,” writes The Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott of the Greek debt crisis. “Yet, through it all, the relative calm in the financial markets has reflected a belief that, despite everything, the drama Tsipras of Athens will have a happy ending.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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