Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

by Mark Blyth

Book Overview

Selected 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019982830X
• ISBN13: 9780199828302
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 5.9"