The popular media are full of ‘news’ about Greek finances and their impact on the political landscape of Europe and beyond;<\/p>\n
\nWorld Bank chief Robert Zoellick: Greece’s \u20ac130bn bailout merely buys it time<\/a><\/h2>\n
Robert Zoellick, the outgoing President of the World Bank, has warned that Greece’s latest \u20ac130bn (\u00a3108bn) bailout would merely buy it time, adding that a European recession would hamper crucial reforms needed to lift the area out of the crisis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The desperate acts of vainglorious politicians (not to mention the blinkered journalists who insist political \/economic restructuring is the big story here) are of interest for one reason only: to remind us of that feature noted by Thomas Carlyle in his opus of 1837<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Hunger and nakedness and righteous oppression lying heavy on 25 million hearts: this, not the wounded vanities or contradicted philosophies of philosophical advocates, rich shopkeepers, rural noblesse, was the prime mover in the French revolution; as the like will be in all such revolutions, in all countries.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I am indebted to Edward Hallett Carr and his magnificent lectures collected in ‘What Is History?’ for selecting this quote in his discussion that history is ‘a matter of numbers’.<\/p>\n
\nAthens mayhem raises fears of Greek social explosion<\/a><\/h2>\n
(Reuters) – Greek political leaders say the nation must accept yet more punishing austerity or face a social explosion, but after a night of violence and destruction in Athens, some people fear this explosion may already be about to begin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
‘Punishing austerity’ lies heavy on more hearts every day. The number grows. History awaits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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