Wed. 10/19/11
Harvard’s Richard Parker On Greek Austerity Protests And Last Night’s GOP Debate
Harvard’s Richard Parker On Greek Austerity Protests And Last Night’s GOP Debate
Greek riot police have fired tear gas at protesters in Athens, as tens of thousands ofdemonstrators take to the streets nationwide. A 48-hour general strike is under way as parliament prepares to vote on the latest round of austerity measures the government says are needed to keep the economy afloat. Harvard economist – and longtime advisor to Greek Prime minister George Papandreou – Richard Parker joins us to discuss all of that and to recap last night’s GOP debate in Las Vegas.
Greek riot police have fired tear gas at protesters in Athens, as tens of thousands ofdemonstrators take to the streets nationwide. A 48-hour general strike is under way as parliament prepares to vote on the latest round of austerity measures the government says are needed to keep the economy afloat. Harvard economist – and longtime advisor to Greek Prime minister George Papandreou – Richard Parker joins us to discuss all of that and to recap last night’s GOP debate in Las Vegas.
Garrett Quinn, WGBH contributor and author of the Less is More blog on Boston.com
John Summers, editor of The Baffler
