In the 1990s, the U.S. was enjoying the fruits of a technology boom. The era created the first generation of Internet titans, from AOL to Yahoo. Unemployment hovered at around five percent. And U.S.
In the third installment of our weeklong Here, There series on the abortion debate in other countries, we go to Portugal. The Portuguese government legalized voluntary abortions up to the 10th week of pregnancy in 2007.
American credit ratings agencies recently downgraded Greece, Portugal and Ireland’s debt to junk status, making it harder for the EU to avoid an economic meltdown. In Europe, there’s growing discontent over these agencies’ unchecked power.
Now that Ireland’s agreed to a bailout, analysts worry that Portugal may be next. Notre Dame professor Robert Fishman is a co-editor of the book, “The Year of the Euro.”
