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I have not forgotten or been negligent.
I just do not know and have not discovered news of interest.

Art as designed experience is holding up well.
I would like a narrower filter but have not found one.

Bundesbank castigates IMF for saving Europe

 

Germany's central bank has launched a blistering attack on the International Monetary Fund, accusing officials of spraying around money like confetti and overstepping their legal mandate.

24 Sep 2012

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Recovery will be 'painful', Lagarde warns

 

Heavily indebted countries like the UK face years more “painful” austerity to get their economies back on an even keel, IMF's Christine Lagarde has warned.

24 Sep 2012

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• Without growth, Europe will unravel

  24 Sep 2012: Mark Mazower: The eurozone crisis has exposed the conflict between economic needs and sovereignty. If there's no recovery, all bets are off

• IMF hints at more time for Greece to implement hardline austerity

  24 Sep 2012: Managing director Christine Lagarde says IMF 'prepared to be flexible' – saying both growth and austerity are necessary
  

• Why we need a eurozone parliament

  24 Sep 2012: Henning Meyer for Social Europe Journal: The eurozone crisis can only be resolved by further integration, with a strong democratic dimension