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Ready for Austerity 2.0?
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Ready for Austerity 2.0?

This week Steve explains why cutting back on government spending right now is precisely the wrong thing to do and balancing the books is not all its made out to be.

With big-spending Boris gone, Britain’s new Prime Minister will almost certainly promote austerity 2.0, under the guise of fiscal conservatism. He won’t be alone in that, with governments the world over trying to reduce the deficit they incurred during the pandemic. But is austerity the way to help the economy back onto its feet? And do governments need…

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