Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, as well as a Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow. He was a longtime columnist for BusinessWeek, and continues to write columns in the Boston Globe.

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Appearances

Can We Get Out of Debtors Prison?

Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 18

May 16, 2013, 2 p.m.
Economic Policy Institute
1333 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

The Politics of Austerity in the U.S. and Europe: Why Did a Failure of Laissez-Faire Reinforce the Orthodoxy?

Friday, May 3, 2013 - 18

May 3, 2013, 2 p.m.
Center for European Studies
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

America, Debt and Recovery: Robert Kuttner and Joseph Stiglitz in Conversation

Monday, April 29, 2013 - 22

April 29, 2013, 2 p.m.
NYU Global Center
Grand Hall238 Thompson Street, 5th FloorNew York, NY

In the Media

The Atlantic
Economy Summit 2013

PBS Newshour, 5/1/13

Hannity & Colmes, 9/11/08

PBS Newshour, 10/25/11

CNN, 5/1/11

GritTV, 5/3/11

Countdown, 12/19/08

Pain in Spain

Submitted by Robert Kuttner on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 14:51

(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

The European authorities seem determined to drive the continent into a repeat of the Great Depression.

The European Central Bank keeps playing a cute game designed more to impress the Germans than the financial markets or to provide real relief. Mario Draghi, ECB president, offers to buy unlimited amounts of the bonds of states that are being pummeled by speculators, but then undercuts his own offer by conditioning it on punishing austerity.