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The 39 pages that link to Austerity, each with the reason it gives.

• NeoliberalismRelated: Spending cuts often accompany neoliberal efforts to shrink the public sector.

• Fiscal policyCompared with: It represents fiscal tightening, often adopted when debt or borrowing costs concern policymakers.

• Structural adjustmentBroader topic: Spending restraint and deficit reduction have been common adjustment requirements.

• Public financeCompared with: It represents a consolidation strategy whose timing and effects remain contested.

• Fiscal multiplierCompared with: The multiplier estimates the output cost that austerity may impose during weak demand.

• Sovereign debtRelated: Governments may adopt austerity to improve public finances or meet conditions attached to assistance.

• Economic policyCompared with: It represents fiscal restraint, often debated against stimulus during downturns.

• Reproductive laborRelated: Cuts to public services can shift care responsibilities from institutions back onto households.

• Alan GreenspanCompared with: Greenspan’s fiscal views favored restraint, contrasting with arguments for deficit spending to support demand during downturns.

• CaracazoRelated: The Caracazo is frequently cited in debates over the social costs of austerity.

• Social policyCompared with: Spending cuts can restrict the scale and accessibility of social programs.

• Sovereign Debt CrisisRelated: Crisis lending and market pressure often prompt governments to adopt fiscal consolidation.

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Compared with: Austerity favors deficit reduction, in contrast to the act's temporary deficit-financed support for demand.

• Economic crisisCompared with: Fiscal tightening during a downturn can restrain demand even as governments seek financial stability.

• Secular StagnationCompared with: Demand restraint can aggravate the shortfall that stagnation diagnoses.

• Shock therapy (economics)Related: Fiscal tightening has often accompanied rapid market reforms.

• Carlos MenemRelated: Spending restraint accompanied efforts to stabilize prices and sustain the convertibility regime.

• Cristina Fernández de KirchnerCompared with: Her administrations generally rejected austerity-centered programs, making fiscal policy a recurring political divide.

• Government debtRelated: Fiscal adjustment is one route governments use to stabilize debt.

• Ramsay MacDonaldRelated: MacDonald’s support for spending cuts became a lasting symbol of his break with Labour.

• Fiscal conservatismCompared with: Austerity is a possible policy program, not a synonym for the broader outlook.

• Government budgetCompared with: Austerity is one possible response to fiscal pressures, not a budget itself.

• Janet YellenCompared with: Yellen generally argued for targeted public investment and deficit reduction over abrupt spending cuts.

• Jeffrey SachsCompared with: Sachs’s emphasis on investment and debt relief differs from austerity-centered responses to fiscal crises.

• FrugalityCompared with: Frugality seeks prudent use, while austerity can impose broad and painful cuts.

• Ken LoachRelated: I, Daniel Blake criticizes the human consequences of austerity-era welfare administration.

• Miguel de la MadridRelated: De la Madrid used spending cuts and fiscal restraint to respond to Mexico’s debt emergency.

• Paul KrugmanCompared with: Krugman has repeatedly argued that austerity during weak demand can deepen recessions.

• Ruud LubbersRelated: His governments used spending restraint as a central response to economic difficulties.

• Yanis VaroufakisCompared with: Varoufakis opposed creditor-imposed austerity measures during Greece’s debt crisis.

• Centre-left politicsCompared with: Austerity tests whether centre-left parties prioritize fiscal restraint or protect public provision.

• Centre-right politicsRelated: Fiscal restraint can make austerity a consequential, contested expression of centre-right priorities.

• Javier MileiRelated: Milei’s administration rapidly cut spending to pursue a fiscal surplus.

• Larry SummersCompared with: Summers criticized premature deficit reduction during weak recoveries.

• Left-wing populismRelated: Opposition to austerity has supplied a common grievance for left-populist movements.

• Takahashi KorekiyoCompared with: Takahashi rejected continued fiscal contraction as a response to Japan’s depression.

• Olivier BlanchardCompared with: Blanchard’s IMF research examined how fiscal consolidation affected output during the crisis.

• Welfare spendingCompared with: Austerity programs often place welfare budgets under pressure.

• Willem DreesCompared with: Drees’s expansion of social insurance contrasts with approaches centered on restricting public provision.