Austerity
Reeks: What is Political Economy?
Suzanne J. Konzelmann
- Austerity
- has
- been
- at
- the
- center
- of
- political
- controversy
- following
- the
- 2008
- financial
- crisis,
- invoked
- by
- politicians
- and
- academics
- across
- the
- political
- spectrum
- as
- the
- answer
- to,
- or
- cause
- of,
- our
- post-crash
- economic
- malaise.
- However,
- despite
- being
- the
- cause
- of
- debate
- for
- more
- than
- three
- centuries,
- austerity
- remains
- a
- poorly
- understood
- concept.In
- this
- book,
- Suzanne
- J.
- Konzelmann
- aims
- to
- demystify
- austerity
- as
- an
- economic
- policy,
- a
- political
- idea,
- and
- a
- social
- phenomenon.
- Beginning
- with
- an
- analysis
- of
- political
- and
- socioeconomic
- history
- from
- the
- seventeenth
- century,
- she
- explains
- the
- economics
- of
- austerity
- in
- the
- context
- of
- the
- overall
- dynamics
- of
- state
- spending,
- tax,
- and
- debt.
- Using
- comparative
- case
- studies
- from
- around
- the
- world,
- ranging
- from
- the
- 1930s
- to
- post-2008,
- she
- then
- evaluates
- the
- outcomes
- of
- austerity
- in
- light
- of
- its
- stated
- objectives
- and
- analyzes
- the
- conditions
- under
- which
- it
- doesn’t
- –
- and
- occasionally
- does
- –
- work.This
- accessible
- introduction
- to
- austerity
- will
- be
- essential
- reading
- for
- students
- and
- scholars
- of
- political
- economy,
- economics,
- and
- politics,
- as
- well
- as
- all
- readers
- interested
- in
- current affairs.
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