Oct 04 Spanish Dumpster Diving By Paul Solman Night skyline of Madrid. Photo by: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images A post from Madrid today on last week's sensational New York Times story and slide show on hunger rising in Spain. The post is courtesy of one of our… Continue reading
Oct 04 Spanish Dumpster Diving By Paul Solman Night skyline of Madrid. Photo by: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images A post from Madrid today on last week's sensational New York Times story and slide show on hunger rising in Spain. The post is courtesy of one of our… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch Spanish and Greek Responses to Debt Crisis Unleash Backlash from Citizens Spanish and Greek Responses to Debt Crisis Unleash Backlash from Citizens… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch News Wrap: European Central Bank Buys Bonds to Bring Down Borrowing Rates News Wrap: European Central Bank Buys Bonds to Bring Down Borrowing Rates… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch News Wrap: Spain Passes Austerity Measures to Fix Debt Crisis, Citizens Protest In other news Friday, Spaniards gathered in 80 Spanish cities to protest austerity measures. Also, the U.S. Treasury Department warns benchmarks for global interest rates are still flawed. This announcement comes three weeks after Barclays Bank admitted to falsifying 2007… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch News Wrap: Eurozone Agrees to Spain Bailout Package; Oil Prices Fall In other news Tuesday, Spain will get its first bailout payment of more than $36 billion before the end of the month. In early trading on Wall Street, stocks moved higher, but gains were erased by falling oil prices. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ Paul Krugman's view on Spain's euro-woes and what Germany should do about it. Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Is Spain ‘in Denial’ Over Growing Banking Crisis? As Spain secured up to $125 billion from the eurozone to bolster its ailing banks, early optimism was overshadowed by worries that the amount might not be enough. Judy Woodruff discusses the bailout with Douglas Rediker of the New America… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch How Vulnerable Is U.S. Over Europe’s Economic Troubles? European leaders must stabilize their financial system to create a stronger eurozone, President Obama said Friday, urging them to act on the growing debt crisis. Jeffrey Brown, economist Nariman Behravesh and Drew Greenblatt of Marlin Steel Wire Products discuss how… Continue watching
Jun 08 In Spain, a Disturbing Lack of Confidence Bank of Spain in Madrid. Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images. It's "Pain in Spain" week here at Making Sen$e. Thus far we've featured a two-part dispatch from former New York Times correspondent Ana Westley. Today, her husband… Continue reading