Here’s my top ten of popular pieces you need to read in order to understand the current European debt crisis, ordered alphabetically by author’s last name. Happy reading:
- Robert Fishman, “Portugal’s Unnecessary Bailout,” in The New York Times, April 12, 2011.
- Morgan Kelly, “Ireland’s Future Depends on Breaking Free from Bailout,” in Irish Times, May 7, 2011.
- Paul Krugman, “Can Europe Be Saved?,” in The New York Times, January 12, 2011.
- Michael Lewis, “Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds,” in Vanity Fair, October 2010.
- Michael Lewis, “When Irish Eyes Are Crying,” in Vanity Fair, March 2011.
- (Sorry, folks, but I could’t avoid it…) Nuno Monteiro and Eduardo Sousa, “The Likes of Portugal Should Default on Their Debt,” in The Guardian, April 15, 2011.
- Nuno Monteiro and Eduardo Sousa, “Europe’s denial of debt default will only make matters worse,” May 19, 2011.
- Nouriel Roubini and Stephan Mihm, “A Loan and a Prayer,” in Project Syndicate, May 19, 2011.
- Dani Rodrik, “Thinking the Unthinkable in Europe,” in Project Syndicate, December 12, 2010.
- Slavoj Zizek, “A Permanent Economic Emergency,” in the New Left Review, July-August 2010.
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