The paradox of fiscal austerity : how cutting deficits saved the modern world / Justin Vélez-Hagan.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2019Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781498571937Subject(s): Economic policy - -- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Budget deficitsDDC classification: 338.9 VELItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BOOK | Bangaluru Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics | 338.9 VEL (Browse shelf) | Available | 002651 |
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Contents
Introduction: The Paradox Explained
PART ONE: WHAT IS AND WHAT IS TO COME
1 Disaster and Debt
2 How Did We Respond?
3 What We (Think We) Knew, Before We Didn’t Know
4 How’d It All Work Out?
5 It’s All Political
PART TWO: SOME INTERESTING CASES: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY
6 Hellenic Hellions or Heroes of Hellas?
7 The Enchanted (and indebted) Island of Puerto Rico
8 Nipponomics
9 The Paradox of Argentine Austerity
Conclusion: Is There Really a Paradox?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
"When financial crises initiated a global recession in 2008, massive public debt forced policymakers in the developed world to impose tough fiscal consolidations to counter growing deficits. The most effective solutions, however, were often the ones most counter-intuitive and least politically feasible, catching policymakers in a fiscal paradox"-- Provided by publisher.
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