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Austerity policies: Austerity policies are government measures aimed at reducing public spending and increasing taxes to control budget deficits and national debt. See also Government debt, Government budget, Government spending._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Paul Krugman on Austerity Policies - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 227 Austerity Policies/Krugman: The austerity policy following the euro crisis from 2010 can be interpreted in the sense (Krugman 2013 (1)) that in the economic downturn stabilization measures are omitted if a longer lasting high unemployment appears necessary in order to obtain concessions from trade unions and employees in the area of wage claims or social security. >Unemployment, >Economic cycle. 1. Paul Krugman, Phony fear factor. New York Times, 9. August 2013, A19._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconKrug I Paul Krugman Volkswirtschaftslehre Stuttgart 2017 EconKrug II Paul Krugman Robin Wells Microeconomics New York 2014 Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |