In October 2012 the Lithuanian people, apparently tired of austerity, ousted the ruling Christian Democrats.
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But few Greeks see how the current strategy of austerity without growth can work.
The rest were scrapped as unacceptable symbols of excess in an era of wartime austerity.
On this view, the argument over whether or not "austerity" killed the recovery misses the point.
As austerity bites, hospitals and clinics are seeking to save money by outsourcing their paperwork.
As I have written before, we are in the midst of a retreat from austerity.
On Monday, France's finance minister Pierre Moscovici said that the dogma of austerity was over.
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And for the curious, unlike QE, there is some historical evidence that austerity can actually work.
When it comes to corporate profit margins fattened on federal revenue, austerity remains a rumor.
Hollande came to power on the country's hopes of pushing back against Europe's austerity drive.
It also fears that the treaty would prioritise EU requirements for austerity over social programmes.
The real austerity will be imposed on taxpayers, and not only on the rich.
It seems that holiday parties are making a comeback after a few years of austerity-driven cutbacks.
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He has said he will shift the focus away from austerity to resolve Europe's economic problems.
And she applauded the UK government's austerity programme, saying "no country can live beyond its means".
Greece will present its plan on austerity measures for 2013 to its European counterparts on Wednesday.
Mr. Di Rupo, appearing in parliament Thursday to defend the austerity proposals, lightly scolded the unions.
In 1948 London hosted the so-called "Austerity Games" three years after the end of WWII.
Anti-austerity protesters are expected to march on the Spanish Parliament later Thursday in the capital, Madrid.
Never have these sentiments been more in evidence than in the present era of budgetary austerity.
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The result could determine the fate of austerity measures demanded by Greece's international creditors.
In the short run an obsession with austerity could make matters worse by deepening recession.
Under current economic policy thinking and practice, the austerity movement is doomed to failure.
They say that confidence in the government and in the austerity plan has collapsed.
The euro zone's governments remain trapped between the sterile alternatives of Keynesian spending and fiscal austerity.
But in a place like Andalusia any increase in austerity will fall hard on people.
And those conditions are what have proven so unpalatable to the Italians -- austerity and reform.
The Greek government is currently introducing austerity measures to help cover its budget deficit.
In fact, the break down in the latest austerity drive works to their benefit.
In other words, austerity has had more negative effects than the IMF had previously assumed.
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