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<p>This book considers the relationship between public spending and public deficit and the varying successes and difficulties governments have had in recent years to balance the two. As the fiscal crash of 2007/8 turned into the Great Recession and tax revenues tumbled, public finances across the UK, the USA and Europe plunged into deficit. Controversial attempts by governments to balance their budgets, commonly described as austerity by critics, had mixed success, politically and economically.
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- Author
- Michael Burton (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781137486295
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Political Science, Finance, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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