Last week I spoke with Manuela Saragosa of the BBC World Service about the price of austerity. We discussed the human cost of the various cuts and burdens placed on economies – what has been inflicted and whether it has actually worked. And if it hasn’t, what was the point of the pain?
It was a very interesting discussion; we were also joined by Yiorgos Mylonadis of the London Business School and Anders Aslund from the Petersen Institute in Washington DC. Have a listen here.
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Well done David, you came across very well and you even said ‘Contemporaneous’ with a perfect fluid diction.
Extremely interesting because when you have time, unlike the bullshit 12 fucking seconds given on Prime Slime with other slack jawed know nothing bean counting notch above child molesting politicians, you are able to say what is really going on. I heard the head of the Personal Insolvency Service, PIS, on the coiffed haired ones rte 1 morning radio program the other day and he said it was a “positive thing” to have ones name on the name and shame list once you enter a deal on the amount of cornflakes to be rationed out to your children before school.… Read more »