The myth that there are no alternatives to fiscal consolidation and internal devaluation in Europe should be shattered, because there are al...
Talking Points: Austerity is bad policy.
1 – Cutting spending or increasing taxes reduces aggregate demand and economists know that this hurts economic recovery. 2 –Cutting sp...
Analysis: Finland Should Postpone Austerity, be Highly Selective About Wage and Benefit Cuts
Analysis: Finland Should Postpone Austerity, Be Highly Selective About Wage & Benefit Cuts August 30th, 2015 Finland has social...
ORIGINS of Austerity: Final Act
A Condition of Chronic Financial Crisis and why the Doc Prescribes Austerity In my last post, I reviewed the 2001 economic crisis in Ar...
Origins of Austerity - Act IV - The Case of Argentina
TIME Magazine – “ Sixteen people have died in the last 24 hours in violent protests against the government's austerity measures, and mo...
Origins of Austerity - Act Three
“ 1983: Santiago de Chile Ten Years after the Reconquest of Chile ‘You have the right to import a camel,” says the Minister of Financ...
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About Me
- Tim Shipp
- Timothy Shipp is an American expat currently living in Helsinki, Finland. He makes his living as a coffee roaster and as a writer. His freetime is spent cooking and sharing food, travelling, reading, writing and learning.
He grew up in Oregon and fell in love with the outdoors. He later moved to Massachusetts to pursue his Masters Degree in Global Economic Development Policy and has covered economic news for Record at theinternational.org.
The people he admires most are activists, good journalists, academics, musicians, the economists that get it right, and everyone who keeps up the fight for human dignity.
He is passionate about social justice, the environment, ecology, the politics of food, economic policy, wealth creation, anti-austerity movements, and anything else that catches his interest.