Government Austerity and Socioeconomic Sustainability

• Main Author: Rao, P.K (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Public finance.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Economic Policy.; Political Economy.

This short book integrates the imperatives of public debt sustainability with those of socioeconomic sustainability in the context of budget austerity measures. It is argued that poverty, inequality and unemployment problems should be integral aspects of policy frameworks for austerity and fiscal st...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment: Socioeconomic Policy and Rawlsian Justice
• Economics of Austerity
• Government Austerity in Practice
• Debt Sustainability and Innovative Mechanisms for Socioeconomic Sustainability.