Syriza has made an offer which includes pension cuts and VAT tax increases, and “institutions” have refused to accept it, saying that (among other things) parametric measures aren’t acceptable (though they accepted them from Spain and Ireland). They will now counter-offer. By “among other things” they mean: Labour laws, collective bargaining, pension reform, public sector … Continue reading The Lesson of Greece Is that Europe Is Run by Functional Sociopaths or Psychopaths