With my recent writing around the effects of austerity on women’s employment, I read with great interest Australian writer, Christos Tsiolkas’ article, Greek Tragedy published in the Monthly, August edition.   The article is based on an interview with former Greek finance minister (January – July 2015) Yanis Varoufakis which took place not long after the referendum in…

The recently published book  Women and Austerity: The Economic Crisis and the Future for Gender Equality edited by sociologists Maria Karamessini and Jill Rubery traces the effects on women of the fiscal policies pursued in the USA, UK and the EU in the wake of the global financial crisis. The book also contains analysis of specific…