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Journalist Says US and Italy Should Recognize Welfare State is Dead

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Fiscal stability is on the minds of many Americans as the sequester deadline looms. There’s been much discussion about how unpleasant the cuts could be, and how they might slow down the economy. Europeans are brutally familiar with that kind of austerity.

Monti Starts Forming New Italian Government

August 15, 2013Global Politics

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