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In This Indebted World, Austerity May Be Forever

By Mark Blyth | Published: October 20, 2016

Political economist Mark Blyth argues that in a highly indebted world, austerity – introduced as an ‘emergency’ measure to save the economy, to right the fiscal ship – has becomes a permanent state of affairs.

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David Stuckler on Austerity and Death

By Social Science Bites | Published: August 1, 2013

You might assume that deaths increase in a recession, but that doesn't necessarily happen.

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Can We Make College Cheaper?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: February 15, 2013

The authors of “Why Does College Cost So Much?” take a look at the root causes and determine that we can reduce the price of higher education, but not dramatically.

Posted in Academic Funding, Career, Higher Education Reform | Also tagged Class, Cost of College, Higher Education Reform, Research Costs, Social Science, State Funding, Tuition, Tuition Fees, University | Leave a comment

The moral necessity of austerity

By British Sociological Association | Published: May 23, 2011

Matt Clement blogs on 'Sociology and the Cuts' on the moral panic around balancing the economy and reducing public sector services. cigars buy online The UK media are currently in the process of inflating public concern by alleging t buy cheapest viagra he need for large-scale public economies that ‘everybody’ recognises are necessary to avert […]

Posted in International Debate, News | Also tagged Debt, economy, market, moral panic, political economy, public spending | Comments closed

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