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Virtue ethics is often proposed as a third way in health-care ethics, that while consequentialism and deontology focus on action guidelines, virtue focuses on character; all three aim to help agents discern morally right action although virtue seems to ...
Beauchamp T. +10 more
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Abstract We study the optimal debt and investment decisions of a sovereign with private information. The separating equilibrium is characterised by a cap on the current account. A sovereign repays debt amount due that exceeds default costs in order to signal creditworthiness and smooth consumption.
Dellas, Harris, Niepelt, Dirk
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Neither Shoreditch nor Manhattan: Post-politics, 'soft austerity urbanism' and real abstraction in Glasgow North [PDF]
Speirs Locks is being re-constructed as a new cultural quarter in Glasgow North, with urban boosters envisioning the unlikely, rundown and de-populated light industrial estate as a key site in the city's ongoing cultural regeneration strategy.
Aalbers +42 more
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The implementation of austerity measures presents a dilemma for governments. While austerity measures such as cutbacks aim to reduce costs and enhance public sector efficiency, the same measures might undermine the motivation of employees and ...
Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling +3 more
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Austerity policies, economic growth and fiscal balance: lessons from Slovenia [PDF]
The authors investigate the impact of austerity policies by empirically analysing the crowding out effect, the Ricardian equivalence principle, and the effect of domestic competitiveness on economic growth in Slovenia.
Petra Došenović Bonča, Maks Tajnikar
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TAKING AUSTERITY TO THE STREETS: FIGHTING AUSTERITY MEASURES OR AUSTERITY STATES*
We present data on eighteen demonstrations against austerity politics. A distinction is made between demonstrations against the austerity measures governments are taking (11) and demonstrations against the governments that are taking these measures (7).
Klandermans, Bert +1 more
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‘Dead people don’t claim’: A psychopolitical autopsy of UK austerity suicides [PDF]
One of the symptoms of post financial crisis austerity in the UK has been an increase in the numbers of suicides, especially by people who have experienced welfare reform.
Armstrong J +44 more
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Austerity Measures, Infrastructure and Economic Development in South Africa (1996–2019)
The paper aims to establish whether austerity measures promote economic development, improve infrastructure development, and whether they exacerbate infrastructure backlogs.
Kukhanyile Mali, Johannes Sheefeni
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Fiscal Austerity Versus Growth in Croatia
The role of fiscal austerity has been questioned for centuries, but a rapidly increasing deficit along with the financial crisis in 2007/2008 influenced a renewed debate on the economics of austerity.
Marinko Škare, Romina Prziklas Druzeta
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies Report: English Council Funding: What’s Happened and What’s Next? [PDF]
The article reviews the recent Institute for Fiscal Studies (IfFS) report, English Council Funding: What’s Happened and What’s Next. The article provides an overview of the main themesand findings of the report which examines the consequences of a ...
Copus, Colin, Jones, Alistair
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