We’ve Sentenced Puerto Rico to a Greece-Like Economic Catastrophe

[McFurd]

Money Box - 8/17/2017 - Jordan Weissmann - Chances are you haven't thought much lately about the economic tragedy that's unfolding in Puerto Rico. Not with nukes in North Korea and neo-Nazis and Obamacare repeal to dwell on. But Thursday at the New York Times, Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research has written a grim reminder that, in the wake of the island's debt crisis, we've essentially sentenced it to another decade of austerity-fueled economic depression. Read more @ http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/201 ... ecade.html