Alberto Alesina and his co-authors[1] use a standard definition of austerity as a policy of sizeable reduction of government deficits and stabilization of government debt through spending cuts or tax ...

France’s Parti Socialiste abstained in a confidence vote this week, allowing Emmanuel Macron’s allies to push through an ...

IN 2025, Zimbabweans continue to grapple with the effects of austerity measures designed to curb fiscal deficits and address mounting debt. While these policies aim to stabilise the economy ...

invoking Friedrich Engels definition: ‘when society places hundreds… in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and unnatural death… its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the ...

but it has so far presented little more than a memeified version of well-trodden right-wing austerity politics. Entitlements originally had a different meaning. When Franklin D. Roosevelt adopted ...

This game-changing upgrade will slash the club’s energy costs by 80%, meaning more money can be reinvested into grassroots sports, with greater opportunities for young people to have fun with ...

Keir Starmer is facing a new backlash from the trade unions after he was accused of imposing a new round of austerity again on fire and rescue. Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright ...

Last December, Mayor Todd Gloria declared that San Diego was heading into a new “era of austerity” in response to the city government’s massive budget deficit. In his State of the City ...

Definition: The ratio of liquid assets to net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) is called statutory liquidity ratio (SLR). Description: Apart from Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), banks have to maintain a ...

These cuts mean students are crammed into larger classes because there are fewer TAs and graduate ... We refuse to accept this unsubstantiated narrative, and we reject that austerity practices are ...

Women disproportionately suffer during fiscal austerity, a reality baked into ... public policy continues to be gender-ignorant — meaning it does not apply a gender lens to assess how policies ...