Austerity as ideology: A reply to my critics

Abstract:

In this reply to Peck, Jabko, Thompson and Streek I seek to highlight the importance of the idea of austerity as driving policy rather than the more material factors that they stress. In particular, I question whether political opportunism, bond market demands for austerity or the greater crisis of growth of the Western economies are really driving events.

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ESO: Background information: Austerity as ideology: The bait and switch of the banking crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/austerity-as-ideology-the-bait-and-switch-of-the-banking-crisis/

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