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This chapter examines the discursive constructions of debt, deficits and austerity in service to neoliberal globalization. Drawing in particular upon the relatively recent turn toward austerity in Europe as enforced by the “troika” of the... more
This chapter examines the discursive constructions of debt, deficits and austerity in service to neoliberal globalization. Drawing in particular upon the relatively recent turn toward austerity in Europe as enforced by the “troika” of the European Commission, IMF and European Central Bank, and the continuing “deficit crisis” in the United States, I argue that indeed, there is a crisis, but that the crisis is a continuation of the “there is no alternative” to capitalism discourse, or a crisis of imagination. I argue for the potential of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s debt refusal campaign to provide a much-needed alternative to the neoliberal austerity discourse.
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The IMF’s self-admitted errors in the Greek bailout were not just “mistakes”: they were the deliberate reproduction of a classical ideological script.
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This paper considers the UK coalition government’s austerity drive, which attempts to garner public support for the reduction or withdrawal of welfare entitlements through appeals to frugality, self-sufficiency and fiscal prudence. In... more
This paper considers the UK coalition government’s austerity drive, which attempts to garner public support for the reduction or withdrawal of welfare entitlements through appeals to frugality, self-sufficiency and fiscal prudence. In particular, the paper considers the recasting of the former Labour government’s work incentives and welfare disincentives amidst mounting pressures on public expenditure. The reorientation of state assistance towards work, coupled with the proposed simplification of working-age benefits and tax credits is argued to present a particular challenge to the financial security and autonomy of women, signalling the end of the process of modernising the welfare system that was forged around the single earner family model in the period of post-war austerity.
Who are the really selfish people in our society? Why should I pay to support you and yours? Why can’t I keep what I earn? Surely charity begins at home? In this guest blog Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn explore the vexed issue of... more
Who are the really selfish people in our society? Why should I pay to support you and yours? Why can’t I keep what I earn?  Surely charity begins at home? In this guest blog Anita Biressi  and Heather Nunn explore the vexed issue of self-interest and how selfishness can be a virtue in austerity times.
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