#Austerity

Stephen Gordon

stephenfgordon

You know, I don't worry about reliving 1995 when it comes to Canada's public finances. I worry about reliving 1975. Everyone knows that some sort of fiscal consolidation will be

Cllr. Dan Boyle

sendboyle

Tha A Word is featuring strongly in the debate on whether or not The Green Party should enter government. Those advocating a No vote see austerity as a given, if

The Justin Horton Show

ejhchess

Anyway, as this low, dishonest decade heads towards the near-certain wreckage of the next one, there was a clearly identifiable point where this direction of travel could have been changed

No-One

judeinlondon2

It is true. But it requires admitting other failures. Which Mandy himself won’t do, which is why this rings false. Was a soft Brexit ever spoken of seriously? No. But

geoff tily

geofftily

the absence of private demand makes government expenditure necessary. It repays itself by creating a stronger economy than would have otherwise been the case. For me that is the macro

simon wren-lewis

sjwrenlewis

Mixed emotions about the FT mea culpa. https://www.ft.com/content/7b6242c5-8a25-4d98-ba0a-f9d9bd046085 “That consensus can be wrong was on display after the 2008 financial crisis, when many organisations — including this newspaper — a

Weeb Mark Fisher

CiaranDold

Man this is such a colossal fuck up though, like, wow. I guess the assumption is Draghi could reform the coalition that Conte had (PD-M5S-LeU-IV) which might happen but...(1/9)https://twitter.com/CiaranDold/status/1356745019969966084 Italia

Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center

SafetyNetUJC

[]As @NYCMayor declares #austerity & puts forth the possibility of tens of thousands of layoffs, it's worth noting austerity is a political choice, not destiny.For example, instead of cutting teachers

Akanksha Mehta

AjeebAurat

1/ I had the first dose of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine yest morning ('clinically extremely vulnerable') & of course, I am relieved, but can't stop thinking about people with illness

Ben Chu

BenChu_

Thread on the return of austerity Some are arguing that, due to this week's Spending Review from @RishiSunak, austerity is back.Is it?...1/ ....We've obviously got the well-discussed foreign aid cut

May Day Student Org

MDSO_NYC

“We are not seeking to indoctrinate our students at all. We leave indoctrination to Stalin and the Devil. We love liberalism; we love democracy.” — Alvin Johson, first Director of

alexandre afonso

alexandreafonso

The curious case of Dutch Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Portugal (thread). According to IMF data, the Netherlands was the biggest source of Foreign Direct Investment in Portugal in 2018,

Toni

toniwriter

After attending the @PolicingReview webinar this morning, here's a short thread on why #resilience isn't the answer to police (or any Blue Light) wellbeing because you can't ask individuals to

Andrew Fisher

FisherAndrew79

Big news today about Croydon Council issuing a Section 114 notice- effectively declaring itself bankrupt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54897296 Croydon is not the first council to go bust and it won’t be the

Mike Buckley

mdbuckley

Some thoughts on Labour and the Brexit deal vote.Labour is understandably focused on building an electoral coalition for 2024. Everything else is secondary - there's no point having great policy

'Client Journalism' Expert

ClientJournoExp

Here it is, my UK journalism lowlights of the year:1. Laura Kuennsberg jumping into Pippa Crears' mentions to defend Dominic Cummings after getting a text from.... Dominic Cummings 2. The

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