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Austerity, in other words, is facing its first really big political test.
NYT > Home Page By STEVEN ERLANGER 2011
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Austerity, in other words, is facing its first really big political test.
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The 1948 games became known as the Austerity Games - due to the economy and post-war rationing - and were the last time they were held in the UK after being scheduled for
Web User | News 2010
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The 1948 Olympics are known as The Austerity Games.
News 2012
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The 1948 Olympics are known as The Austerity Games.
News 2012
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Austerity is usually required when a government’s fiscal deficit spending is felt to be unsustainable.
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In what Philip French and Michael Sissons called The Age of Austerity and David Kynaston termed Austerity Britain – all of them referring to that postwar period, 1945-51 – there was a solid reason for the austerity: there was not enough to go around.
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Titled "Austerity and Anarchy", it should be essential reading for all those who want an academic take on what spending cuts made in Whitehall might mean on their local high streets.
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A major feature of the recently concluded G20 Summit was a shift in focus from stimulus to Fiscal Consolidation (FC) otherwise known as Austerity; that is to say cutbacks in social service spending, pensions, benefits and tax increases.
Barbados Underground 2010
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David Cameron: Could his new baby be called Austerity?
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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