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Two Europes

Takis Pappas (Macedonia): Why Greece Failed. From The Nation, a review essay on Greece's ongoing crisis by Mark Mazower. John Feffer on the Two Europes: Along with the divide between rich and poor in Europe, another has opened between the mobile and the stationary. The euro zone’s exasperated north must do more than complain about the south’s troubles. Using the crisis to entrench neoliberalism: Rather than solving Europe’s crisis, EU institutions are allowing corporate elites to further enrich themselves through a fire sale of state assets. Has the European radical left missed an unique opportunity to advance its ideas and political weight in the wake of the global economic meltdown? Luke March wonders. What is Plan B for European social democrats? Matthew O’Brien on why the Euro is doomed in 4 steps. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten reviews The Justification of Europe: A Political Theory of Supranational Integration by Jurgen Neyer.