Mark Blyth: Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea [2015] paperback ZARTA This remarkable book

This remarkable book

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Mark Blyth: Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea [2015] paperback ZARTA This remarkable bookSelected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts austerity to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt