Just as France’s and Italy’s poor economic results prompt the - TopicsExpress



          

Just as France’s and Italy’s poor economic results prompt the leaders of the euro area’s second and third biggest economies to step up their fight against fiscal austerity, it might be appropriate to ask whether they even know what that is. An excellent question. As I’ve already explained, austerity is a catch-all phrase that includes bad policy (higher taxes) and good policy (spending restraint). But with a few notable exceptions, European nations have been choosing the wrong kind of austerity (even though Paul Krugman doesn’t seem to know the difference). As a result, the real problem of bloated government keeps getting worse.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:34:46 +0000

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