...Sofia A. Perez Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal have suffered some of Europe’s worst health outcomes in the COVID-19 pandemic. The same countries also bore the brunt of the European sovereign debt crisis a decade earlier, when they were forced to undertake severe budget austerity measures...

.... But the twin health and economic crises also exposed gaps in coverage for many, including migrants and gig economy workers. Fiscal austerity, enforced by the European Union, has long constrained efforts to close those gaps. There is probably no better time to live in a country with a generous welfare system...

... United States Hurricane Maria colonialism postcolonial economic development trade globalization investment bankruptcy austerity diaspora migration 43 Hurricane Maria was a singular event in Puerto Rico s history. The storm struck on September 20, 2017, and left unparalleled devastation...

... of the University of California Julia Lynch Jonathan Hopkin financial crisis Great Recession Western Europe capitalism democracy political parties free central banks austerity populism social democrats 315 [T]he financial crisis can be best understood as the final catastrophic stage...

... expectancy suicide opioid epidemic unemployment social spending welfare austerity homelessness poverty hunger United States Affordable Care Act Europe Britain National Health Service Greece 310 [S]hort-term policy changes can have long-term effects on the health and well- being...

...Giuliano Bonoli It is [the] two-track labor market, rather than austerity, that is the biggest threat to the persistence of the European social model. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Giuliano Bonoli Europe welfare safety...

...Manos Matsaganis [O]rdinary Greeks intuitively understood better than many outsiders that the country had little future cut off from Europe. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Manos Matsaganis Greece Germany austerity SYRIZA...

... Jones political economy policy making maker consensus EU bailout crisis crises euro eurocrisis Eurozone quantitative easing central bank ECB QE solidarity assets liquidity governing cuncile bundesbank draghi merkel angela debt weidmann budgeting austerity redistribution...

... far-left parties in Spain and Greece. In Greece, Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left), which pledges to end austerity policies imposed by the EU and renegotiate the country s debt, won parliamentary elections in January and formed a government with a smaller right-wing party with similar anti...

... guard Paisios Athos Dublin II Varvitsiotis Christodoulos Portugal sovereignty backlash recession fallout austerity unemployment bailout devaluation fiscal OECD economic cooperation SYRIZA 110 The failure of public institutions to rise to the occasion by preventing the eco- nomic...

... of California Karen Smith Joseph Nye European Europe union soft power economic military diplomatic instruments outcomes Interstate hard command EU normative ICC international criminal court Lisbon treaty Greece accession euro influence austerity 104 The EU is a powerful...

... corporatism Germany welfare state austerity regulation 298 It almost seems as if the European economic model is continuously experiencing an existential crisis. The Future of European Capitalism Barry eichengreen The European model of capitalism is in the midst of an existential crisis...

... of the crisis through austerity and reform. Borrowing certainly needs to be reduced, and structural prob- lems that are holding back the economy need to be tackled. However, this will involve the gov- ernment taking painful and unpopular decisions, decisions that populist leaders such as Berlusconi proved...

...Franklin L. Hess The EU ought to…take a more pragmatic approach toward both the country's finances and the euro zone's economic future. 101 The EU ought to . . . take a more pragmatic approach toward both the country s finances and the euro zone s economic future. Why Austerity Isn t Working...

... austerity debt 122 Cut spending, or become Greece! politicians in countries from Spain to Britain to the United States were admonished as the European debt crisis erupted a year ago. But unlike Spain and other debt-afflicted countries in the euro zone, the United Kingdom and the United States...

... advanced economies developing economies China austerity income disparity Global ProGress rePort, 2011 Gazing Across the Divides lucien crowder I hold in my hand two envelopes. The first, addressed to the world s developing econo-mies, contains a coveted invitation to the Age of Steady Economic...