Austerity vs Stimulus The Political Future of Economic Recovery /

• Main Authors: Skidelsky, Robert (Author), Fraccaroli, Nicolò (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Economic theory.; Economic growth.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; International Political Economy.; Political Economy/Economic Policy.; Economic Growth.

This timely book debates the economic and political logic of the austerity policies that have been implemented in the UK and in the Eurozone since 2010 and asks whether there is any alternative for these countries in the years ahead. The work reconsiders the austerity versus stimulus debate through...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. -1. The Politics of the Debate
• 2. The Two Sides of the Debate
• 3. Contemporary Arguments for Austerity
• 4. Contemporary Arguments for Stimulus
• 5. Confidence: The Object of the Debate
• 6. Austerity vs Stimulus in the UK
• 7. What's Next.