Sentences with phrase «of austerity policies»

Since the imposition of austerity policies on Portuguese society, I face a worse social situation in this small country, probably the poorest in Europe, every time I go back there.

This has probably been the case throughout history, but the 2008 economic crisis and the implementation of austerity policies that followed it has sent this process into overdrive.

Plaid's approach is based around a rejection of the austerity policies, which the coalition government has followed for the past five years.

The NASUWT's own survey on financial hardship has demonstrated the impact of austerity policies on children.

The UK chancellor was hot - off - the - mark to assure everyone that the Greek election result should not be interpreted as a rejection of austerity policies:

In fact, I don't remember her once standing up against any of the austerity policies which made the lives of those struggling to get by, so much harder.

Popular dissatisfaction with austerity measures could compromise the effectiveness of austerity policies.

Civil legal aid was one of many unnecessary victims of austerity policy along with libraries, social services, a freeze on benefits and much else which benefitted the less well off.

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I, therefore, thought that the Netherland's finance minister — a country serving as the key enforcer of German austerity - at - all - cost (as long as the costs are not theirs) policies — showed an incredible chutzpah when he lectured the U.S. Congress last Friday that it would be a real tragedy (sic) if mandated spending cuts were to stifle American economic growth.

As in the other cases, painful austerity policies have given wings to the CUP — and it finds itself possibly holding the key to the aspirations of Catalan separatists determined to sever centuries - old ties with Spain.

Italian elections have put a stop to that nonsense by reaffirming the demise of austerity - only policies and unrealistic fiscal consolidation schedules.

Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.

«The GUIDES indicators that focus on some overall macroeconomic indicators,» Chisa recommends, plus «a few other topics that get you a lot of bang for the buck: British Colonialism, nations versus states, Dutch Disease (resource curse), Sovereign Wealth Fund, import substitution, current account balance, fiscal deficit, IMF austerity measures, and the «trilemma» of free - capital flows, independent monetary policy, and fixed exchange rates.»

There's no question about it,» recalls Chris Ragan, an associate professor of economic policy at McGill University who agrees with the current austerity push.

Just like Bernanke, the chairwoman - to - be has been a harsh critic of austerity and will want to counteract the impact of more federal belt - tightening with monetary policy, if she can.

A long recession and growing disillusion with mainstream parties fed a bitter public mood that saw more than half of Italian voters back parties that rejected the austerity policies pursued by Prime Minister Mario Monti with the backing of Italy's European partners.

Critics of the German - led austerity policies have called for boycotts of German products and have suggested that Ms. Merkel and Mr. Schäuble had unjustifiably humiliated Greece and its prime minister, Alexis Tsipras.

BERLIN — Despite bitter opposition in many quarters to the austerity - first policies Germany has imposed on Europe's poorer nations, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has hung on to its role as champion of integration on the Continent through deft use of diplomacy and the country's economic clout.

He talks to Greg about austerity in Ireland, how US economic policy has affected Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world as well as how the various political parties in Ireland have mishandled the economic crisis.

J. Bradford DeLong, an economics professor at University of California at Berkeley, sees few signs of a rebound, adding that Washington's austerity policies only «dig the hole we are in deeper.»

This is a Government that is absolutely committed to a «voo - do «policy of austerity - driven growth.

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Five years of failed austerity policies in Greece and a total breakdown in trust between the leftwing Syriza alliance and the political leaders of its creditors climaxed in a national vote in which Greeks said no to the spending cuts and tax increases demanded by its lenders...

«The deadend austerity policy has created a lot of divisions, we do not want to create one more between the North and the South,» the Greek leader said, alluding to German opposition to Athens» drive for a new debt agreement.

These headwinds were then amplified by anti-growth policy choices such as excessive regulation, fiscal austerity, a lack of pro-growth private investment incentives combined with growing income inequality.

The policies put in place so far, such as budgetary austerity, are little match for the size of the problem, and may make things worse.

● The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis By Ben Clift Summary via publisher (Oxford University Press) This book explores the IMF's role within the politics of austerity by providing a path - breaking comprehensive analysis of how the IMF approach to fiscal policy has evolved since 2008, and how the IMF worked to alter advanced economy policy responses to the global financial crisis (GFC) and the EurozonAusterity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis By Ben Clift Summary via publisher (Oxford University Press) This book explores the IMF's role within the politics of austerity by providing a path - breaking comprehensive analysis of how the IMF approach to fiscal policy has evolved since 2008, and how the IMF worked to alter advanced economy policy responses to the global financial crisis (GFC) and the Eurozonausterity by providing a path - breaking comprehensive analysis of how the IMF approach to fiscal policy has evolved since 2008, and how the IMF worked to alter advanced economy policy responses to the global financial crisis (GFC) and the Eurozone crisis.

When assigning hurricane relief funds to communities across the country, the oversight board's austerity policies may also privilege wealthier at the expense of the most vulnerable, argues Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, also at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, who published an op - ed in the Huffington Post.

Growth in most of the eurozone has remained tepid and reliant on continued central bank stimulus, though the European Central Bank's (ECB's) bond - purchasing program has been hampered by a scarcity of eligible bonds, as issuance from member governments is restricted by their austerity - driven policies.

Many analysts have long flagged a similar pitfall for the ECB's purchasing program, namely a scarcity of eligible bonds, as issuance from member governments has been restricted by their austerity - driven policies.

The character of this suffering moves theological attention to the social systems that shape our lives — economic, political, cultural — as well as to public events themselves (the Holocaust, programs and policies of economic austerity, military intervention, terrorism, ethnic nationalist expression, struggles for survival and freedom).

But policy innovation in an age of austerity tends to be politically perilous, because the....

But policy innovation in an age of austerity tends to be politically perilous, because the pie seems to be shrinking and everyone's worried about losing his or her own piece.»

Now here is a man who recognizes that «policy innovation in an age of austerity tends to be politically perilous.»

The Trust warned that this was only a partial picture of food poverty, and concluded that the rise was due in large part to the impact of government austerity policies that have either reduced or delayed benefit payments.

The Gunners have long followed a policy of austerity as they coped with the cost of moving to the Emirates Stadium, yet the first signs of them dipping into the elite end of the transfer market came last summer with the $ 50million (Dh253.4 m) club record capture of Mesut Ozil.

«The UK government will effectively be asking taxpayers to pay a Westminster premium to crowbar a modern parliament into a Victorian building at a time of austerity when Tory policy is hitting some of the poorest in society, and political uncertainty when this UK government has no plan for the UK outside the European Union.»

«This issue has now gone beyond Stephen Hester, this is about a prime minister who promised to rein in excess and says to the country in a time of austerity, when his economic policies have choked off growth, that we are all in it together - how hollow is his rhetoric in light of what we have just seen today.

The impact on UK growth has so far been negligible, and these ill - timed austerity policies have created a mood of pessimism and rising public discontent.

On top of this, it's important to note that «austerity» is a means and «growth» an ends; while austerity may never have been a well - defined policy position, growth certainly isn't either.

And over that more recent period (again in contrast to earlier episodes) there were no other forms of austerity imposed alongside fiscal squeeze, in the form of general wage caps, exchange controls or tight money policies.

It is largely accepted that these programs lead to systemic macroeconomic instability across the continent and that these policies drove countries of the global south into «debt crisis, austerity, decline and conflict» (Bond) and «acute material scarcity» (Mbembe).

The party's leftist, post-material and socially liberal stance is well - known, and emphasises policies such as opposition to economic austerity and to PFIs to fund public services; higher marginal rates of income tax for the wealthy; a «living wage» for all; and the replacement of VAT with «eco-taxes» such as aviation fuel tax.

Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon, in attacking austerity is saying just the kind of thing about fiscal policy that will help keep their recruits from Labour in the SNP fold.

Indeed, the rhetoric of progressive austerity is at odds of a lot of the economic policy emerging from the coalition at the moment.

The SNP assert that in Alexander's case, given that his enthusiastic implementation of George Osborne's austerity agenda at the Treasury is so damaging to his reputation, Ashcroft's policy could actually do him a favour.

«The Government's continued policy of public sector austerity has driven thousands of teachers out of the profession and left schools at the mercy of the deepest recruitment and retention crisis since the Second World War.

But within those limits, we have a chance of pushing for an end to austerity and racist immigration policy.

But he was not unhappy enough to decline to go along with a deal which removed the possibility of critics of austerity having any impact on policy.

This amounts to reversing the tax give - aways under the Tory policy of austerity, which was fundamentally a transfer of incomes from workers and the poor to big business and the rich and is also entirely appropriate.