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The economics of austerity [PDF]
The 2007/8 financial crisis has reignited the debate about austerity economics and revealed that it is a highly contested yet poorly understood idea.
Konzelmann, Suzanne J.
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We shed light on the function, properties and optimal size of austerity using the standard sovereign debt model augmented to include incomplete information about credit risk. Austerity is defined as the shortfall of consumption from the level desired by a country and supported by its repayment capacity.
Dellas, Harris, Niepelt, Dirk
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The Macroeconomics of Austerity [PDF]
Executive summary ● With the rhetoric of fiscal prudence now returning on both sides of the political divide, there is a need to assess the macroeconomics of austerity. ● The social consequences of austerity are now understood.
Nascimento, Natassia +3 more
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Abstract This paper revisits the conventional but unproven wisdom that voters penalize governments for adopting fiscal austerity in a sample of advanced economies. We consider the composition of the austerity package and the economic manifesto of the implementing government, and find that austerity packages consisting mostly of tax ...
Alesina, Alberto +3 more
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This is the edited transcript of a conversation between Rebecca Bramall, editor of this special issue, Jeremy Gilbert, editor of New Formations, and James Meadway, who at the time was chief economist of the New Economics Foundation and is currently ...
Bramall, Rebecca +2 more
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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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AbstractVirtue 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 have least to contribute to political issues, such as austerity.
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In February 2019 the city of Manchester opened a consultation for a proposed new public space protection order to strong community opposition. In response, the PSPO was initially tabled, yet amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic the order was passed by the ...
Cristina Temenos
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Queer Responses to Austerity: Insights from the Greece of Crisis
During the last years, Greece has implemented an unprecedented number of austerity measures affecting every domain of social, economic and political aspect of the population’s life.
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
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Bursting the bubble or opening the door? Appraising the impact of austerity on playwork and playwork practitioners in the UK [PDF]
Introductory essay for special issue on 'Playwork in Times of ...
Horton, John; id_orcid +5 more
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