Andrew Haldane | Bank Of England | 8 June 2012 It used to be accepted wisdom that economic and financial systems behave "normally". But they don't. We know that now. The risk of catastrophe is higher than we thought, and increasing. Here's why, and what we must do about it (PDF) Comments Todd Miller | Huffington Post/TomDispatch | 7 June 2012 Setting up lines of control over human movement is a more recent phenomenon than we might suppose. US-Mexico border has changed unimaginably in past 20 years. This piece gives a sense of where militarisation of borders is leading Comments Alexander Golts | Moscow Times | 6 June 2012 Why does Putin support Assad? Yes, there are arms sales, port facilities, other economic links, as well as a wish for Russian influence in the region to counter US. But there may be a deeper reason too Comments George Soros | Project Syndicate | 7 June 2012 Germany will do enough to hold eurozone together, but no more. Division between debtor and creditor countries will become permanent, with Germany dominating a depressed hinterland. "It is a tragedy of policy errors" Comments Julia Amalia Heyer and Britta Sandberg | Spiegel | 7 June 2012 "Modern Greeks suffer from knowing what the ancient Greeks accomplished. Being caught somewhere between east and west, ancient glory and present poverty, orthodoxy and enlightenment, has left the Greeks with an identity problem" Comments Paul Kix | Boston Globe | 3 June 2012 On recent PTSD research, and ethical issues raised: "If it becomes possible to screen enlistees for their vulnerability to PTSD, is it fair to keep some out of combat and send in others, especially in an all-volunteer military" Comments | 
