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The wheels may really be coming off the world economy.
Syria may actually have chemical weapons of significance.
Using them would be suicidal.

The Guardian:

• Greek MP calls for firearms crackdown, fearing of parliamentary shootout

  14 Dec 2012: Nikos Nikolopoulos 'deeply worried' by rise in requests for weapons permits by MPs given febrile mood in parliament

• Latest eurozone summit ends in stalemate

  14 Dec 2012: Two-day summit was supposed to lay out a grand plan and timetable for reforming and stabilising the euro regime 30 comments

• David Cameron runs into French resistance with EU clawback strategy

  14 Dec 2012: François Hollande declares opposition to 'a la carte' Europe in which members can choose which bits of EU law applies to them 20 comments

• Eurozone moves a decisive step closer to banking union

  13 Dec 2012: European leaders seal agreement to put the European Central Bank in supervisory authority over financial institutions in the single currency area 13 comments

• UK drops down EU living standards league table

  13 Dec 2012: High inflation eroding spending power in Britain, Eurostat says, leaving the UK behind Germany and Austria 188 comments

• Eurozone factory output continues to fall steeply

  12 Dec 2012: Industrial production drops by 1.4% in October across the bloc despite expectations among economists of modest growth

• Eurozone crisis live: EU finance ministers discuss banking supervision

  12 Dec 2012: Ecofin debates banking supervision as Federal Reserve throws another $45bn of electronic money at US economy
  296 comments

• Eurozone crisis as it happened: Greek secures crucial debt deal

  11 Dec 2012: Country can now receive a new tranche of funding from the IMF and the EU and will lower the cost of debt
  238 comments

• Monti resignation announcement causes fears of renewed euro turbulence

  10 Dec 2012: News sees Italy's borrowing costs rise and share prices fall, and EU leaders worry about possible spillover into Spain
  

• Mario Monti's success in calming Italy was only superficial

  10 Dec 2012: The cold facts will be harder for investors to overlook when Angela Merkel's favourite Italian is no longer in power 17 comments

• Or go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player embedded&v=hqW07_K8Kio#!

James Galbraith at Germany's IG Metal Trades Union Congress, 7th December 2012


How broad is the right to welfare? 
Where does the responsibility to feed and shelter extend?

















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