The Europeans are the New Spartans. They head to the G20 in Toronto in their hair-shirts, newly frugal and stern in their attitude towards debt.
The G20, which includes the developing countries, has become the body to co-ordinate the global economy. When the banks were collapsing in 2008/9 it was the G20 that embraced stimulus programmes.
Now, as heads of government arrive in Ontario, there is no masking the divisions. In one corner are the Americans. They believe that economic recovery must take precedence over budget cuts. In an article in the Wall Street Journal, Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers (US treasury secretary and presidential economic adviser) wrote "we must demonstrate a commitment to reducing long-term deficits, but not at the price of short-term growth".
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |