La crisis de la UE: guía de bolsillo Edición 2012

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Una útil guía de bolsillo que explica cómo la crisis de Wall Street se vio agravada por las políticas de la UE y cómo ha enriquecido al 1% de la población en detrimento del 99%, y apunta a posibles soluciones que priorizan a las personas y el medio ambiente por encima de los beneficios empresariales.

Sobre la crisis de la ue: guía de bolsillo

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Ahora también en italiano

 

Índice

  • Cómo una crisis de la deuda privada se convirtió en una crisis de la deuda pública y en una excusa para la austeridad
  • La forma en que los ricos y los banqueros se beneficiaron, mientras que la gran mayoría perdió
  • Las devastadoras consecuencias sociales de la austeridad
  • La respuesta de la UE a la crisis: más austeridad, más privatizaciones, menos democracia
  • Diez alternativas presentadas por grupos de la sociedad civil para que la gente y el medio ambiente sean más importantes que la codicia empresarial
  • Recursos para mayor información

 

Referencias

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  • Ha-Joon Chang, Austerity has never worked, The Guardian, 4 de junio de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/04/austerity-policy-eurozone-crisis
  • IMF, IMF Sees Heightened Risks Sapping Slower Global Recovery, 9 de octubre de 2012
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  • David Jolly, Greek Economy Shrank 6.2% in Second Quarter, 13 de agosto de 2012
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/business/global/greek-economy-shrank-dramatically-in-2nd-quarter.html?_r=0
  • Heather Stewart, George Osborne's austerity is costing UK an extra £76bn, says IMF, The Observer, 13 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/13/imf-george-osborne-austerity-76bn?newsfeed=true
  • Nicoletta Batini, Giovanni Callegari and Giovanni Melina, Successful Austerity in the United States, Europe and Japan, IMF Working Paper, julio de 2012
    http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12190.pdf
  • BBC Radio 4, Today, Interview with Nicoletta Batini on the main findings of the paper, 24 de agosto de 2012
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  • Grail Research, Global Financial Crisis, 12 de septiembre de 2009
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  • Polly Curtis, Reality Check: how much did the banking crisis cost taxpayers? The Guardian, 11 de septiembre de 2011
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/sep/12/reality-check-banking-bailout
  • Market Watch, Fortis gets $16.4 billion in partial privatization, 29 de septiembre de 2008
    http://articles.marketwatch.com/2008-09-29/news/30742197_1_abn-amro-bradford-bingley-royal-bank
  • European Commission, New crisis management measures to avoid future bank bail-outs, 6 de junio de 2012
    http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-570_en.htm
  • NAMA, Anglo Irish Bank/INBS bailout to cost €52bn revealed in Dail questioning, 19 de septiembre de 2012
    http://namawinelake.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/anglo-irish-bankinbs-bailout-to-cost-e52bn-revealed-in-dail-questioning/

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  • Myriam Vander Stichele, Bank regulation delays, bailouts, austerity and protests, SOMO, octubre de 2012
    http://somo.nl/news-en/new-issue-eu-financial-reforms-newsletter-3
  • UNICEF, Austerity Measures Threaten Children and Poor Households, septiembre de 2011
    http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Austerity_Measures_Threaten_Children.pdf
  • Wall Street Journal, Unemployment, Production Data Show Greece's Economy Worsening, 10 de febrero de 2012
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203824904577212702598104384.html
  • European Commission, Unemployment statistics, consultado el 10 de octubre de 2012
    http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics
  • Helena Smith, Greek homeless shelters take in casualties of debt crisis, The Guardian, 10 de febrero de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/10/greek-homeless-shelters-debt-crisis
  • Kerin Hope, Grim effects of austerity show on Greek streets, Financial Times, 17 de febrero de 2012
    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95df9026-5983-11e1-8d36-00144feabdc0.html
  • International Labor Organization, Work Inequalities in the Crisis Evidence from Europe, de febrero de 2012
    http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_169984.pdf
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  • Capgemini & Merril Lynch, The 16th Annual World Wealth Report 2012, 19 de junio de 2012
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  • Capgemini & Merril Lynch, World Wealth Report 2011, 2011
    http://www.ml.com/media/114235.pdf
  • Banksdaily.com, Top banks and banking groups in Europe, ranked by net profit (incl. full-year 2011 results)
    http://www.banksdaily.com/topbanks/Europe/2011.html
  • The High Pay Commission, Cheques With Balances: why tackling high pay is in the national interest, noviembre de 2011
    http://highpaycommission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/HPC_final_report_WEB.pdf
  • CEO, Visit Brussels – the heart of lobbying, 11 de septiembre de 2011
    http://blog.brusselssunshine.eu/2011/09/visit-brussels-heart-of-lobbying.html
  • Dieter Piehwe, Measuring European relations of lobby power, febrero de 2012
    http://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/bilder/d179/MaterialienMuG113.pdf
  • FT, America wakes to the din of inequity, 16 de octubre de 2011
    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76a7c01a-f66f-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html#axzz29etoV7cV

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  • Institute for Fiscal Studies, The IFS Green Budget, febrero de 2012
    http://www.ifs.org.uk/budgets/gb2012/gb2012.pdf
  • Heather Stewart, Osborne's austerity drive cut 270,000 public sector jobs last year, 14 de marzo de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/mar/14/osborne-austerity-270000-public-sector-jobs
  • Rajeev Syai, Leaked documents reveal plan to lengthen public sector working hours, The Guardian, 10 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/10/leaked-documents-public-sector-hours
  • Ian Traynor, Germany to set the terms for saving the euro, the Guardian, 31 de enero de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/30/eu-summit-eurozone-treaty-deal
  • Wall Street Journal, Europe's Banker Talks Tough: Draghi Says Continent's Social Model Is 'Gone,' Won't Backtrack on Austerity, 24 de febrero de 2012
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203960804577241221244896782.htmlgmaill. Full interview available here: http://www.ecb.int/press/key/date/2012/html/sp120224.en.html
  • Third World Network, More austerity won't solve European crisis, Third World Resurgence, mayo de 2012
    http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/resurgence/2012/261/cover05.htm
  • UNDESA, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012, 2012
    http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_archive/2012wespupdate.pdf

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  • European Commission, The Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece - March 2012. European Economy Occasional Papers 94, marzo de 2012, página 118
    http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/occasional_paper/2012/pdf/ocp94_en.pdf
  • European Commission, The Economic Adjustment Programme for Portugal. Fourth review - Spring 2012. European Economy Occasional Papers 111, julio de 2012
    http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/occasional_paper/2012/pdf/ocp111_en.pdf
  • Randeep Ramesh, Hundreds of contracts signed in 'biggest ever act of NHS privatisation', 3 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/03/private-contracts-signed-nhs-privatisation
  • UNISON, Stronger Together: A UNISON guide to influencing the new NHS, 2012
    http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/21118.pdf
  • Blue Planet Project et al, Our Right to Water, Case studies on austerity and privatisation in Europe, marzo de 2012
    http://www.blueplanetproject.net/documents/RTW/RTW-Europe-1.pdf
  • TNI, EU Commission Forces Crisis-hit Countries to Privatise Water, 17 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.tni.org/pressrelease/eu-commission-forces-crisis-hit-countries-privatise-water
  • Corporate European Observatory, European Union uses eurocrisis as alibi to push privatisation of water services, 2 de mayo de 2012
    http://corporateeurope.org/EU-in-crisis-conf/essays/european-union-uses-eurocrisis-alibi-push-privatisation-water-services
  • PSI, Victory in Italy as court blocks privatisation, 27 de julio de 2012
    http://www.world-psi.org/en/victory-italy-court-blocks-privatisation
  • TNI, From Maastricht to the Fiscal Treaty. An interview with Susan George, 8 de marzo de 2012
    http://www.tni.org/article/rise-neoliberal-and-undemocratic-europe
  • Andy Storey, The debt crisis and the fiscal treaty referendum in Ireland, 1 de junio de 2012
    http://www.tni.org/article/debt-crisis-and-fiscal-treaty-referendum-ireland
  • Forbes, Spain Forced To Impose Haircuts On Savers, Private Investors As Part Of Bailout Deal, 7 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/07/10/spain-forced-to-impose-haircuts-on-savers-private-investors-as-part-of-bailout-deal/
  • See leaked document: Spain - Memorandum of Understanding on Financial-Sector Policy Conditionality, julio de 2012
    http://ep00.epimg.net/descargables/2012/07/10/14540e59ee5504648623c2bb5da808b8.pdf
  • Ian Traynor, Europe prepares for another Franco-German tussle in Brussels, The Guardian, 14 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/14/europe-franco-german-tussle-brussels?INTCMP=SRCH

Mapa de las resistencias 2012

  • Maria Margaronis, Dimitris Christoulas and the legacy of his suicide for Greece, The Guardian, 4 de abril de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/05/dimitris-christoulas-legacy-suicide-greece
  • The Guardian, Athens descends into violence as 200,000 march against austerity, 26 de septiembre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/26/greece-violence-general-strike-austerity
  • The Guardian, Merkel visits Greece as 50,000 people protest - as it happened, 9 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/09/eurozone-crisis-angela-merkel-visits-greece
  • BBC News, Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas, 26 de septiembre de 2012
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19724284
  • Kerin Hope, Athens protests erupts into violence, Financial Times, 18 de octubre de 2012
    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b4cf5d6-192f-11e2-af4e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz29pea9aRP
  • Giles Tremlett, Spanish protest against spending cuts and changes to labour rights, 19 de febrero 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/19/spanish-protest-spending-cuts-labour
  • Giles Tremlett & Ian Traynor, Spanish take to streets in protest as MPs pass €65bn austerity package The Guardian, 19 de julio de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/19/spain-austerity-protest-bank-bailout-bond
  • Graeme Wearden, Eurozone as it happened: Riot police clash with anti-austerity protesters in Madrid, The Guardian, 25 de septiembre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/25/eurozone-crisis-merkel-draghi-lagarde-greece
  • AP, Anti-austerity protests grip 56 Spanish cities, 7 de octubre de 2012
    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/anti-austerity-protests-grip-56-spanish-cities-155734314.html
  • Joana Gorjão Henriques, Portugal finally stands up and protests, 24 de septiembre de 2012
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/24/portugal-stands-up-and-protests

Fuentes para la elaboración de la guía

Gracias a Susan George, Myriam van der Stichele y a Andy Storey por sus comentarios, y a Ricardo Santos por el diseño.

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