The Eurozone must choose: Democracy or austerity?

Anti-austerity political parties in Greece and Spain are surging in popularity. But eurozone bureaucrats have other ideas.

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Something strange is happening in Europe: Democracy is starting to work.

Mass unemployment is typically absolute poison for elected officials — just ask Herbert Hoover. With the eurozone depression now officially worse than that of the 1930s, one would think that up-and-coming politicians would get elected on promises to fix the situation.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.