Summary Of Austerity The History Of A Dangerous Idea By Mark Blyth

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Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth is most certainly a fascinating read. It is intelligently written and a book that is highly recommended for anyone who has a keen interest in understanding, in both practical and intellectual terms, how the global economy slumped into a modern-day crisis. Before reading the book I had a very simple idea of what austerity meant. When I ever heard austerity being talked about, the first words that came to mind were increased taxes and government spending cuts. Mark Blyth cuts right to the chase and offers his own definition of the controversial economic policy early in the book, when he says it is “a form of voluntary deflation in which the economy adjusts through the reduction of wages,