Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The idea that we're going to austerity ourselves into prosperity is so mistaken, and honestly, I feel like one of the big problems we have is that, because Democrats don't have a deep understanding of or degrees in economics, they allow Wall Street folks to roll in the door and think that they're giving them an education.

American Politician

Stephen Hough

Discovering how to spend leisure time well, especially during a time of austerity, could be as important in the effort to reduce crime as having extra police on the streets, and increasing the population of concert halls may actually help decrease the population of prisons.

British Composer

Greg Grandin

Neoliberalism is hard to define. It could refer to intensified resource extraction, financialization, austerity, or something more ephemeral - a way of life - in which collective ideals of citizenship give way to marketized individualism and consumerism.

American Historian

Cornelia Parker

What was the most important thing I learned from Chomsky? That capitalism compels us to work ourselves to death in order to stuff our houses with things we don't need. Perhaps this is one thing art can do: create a new aesthetic, one of austerity.

English Artist

Donovan

The idea of the mystic solo, meditating away on his own, is only one path of yoga. Very early on, I chose the path of Life. One path is austerity and isolation, the other is Life. But they both lead to the same place.

Scottish Musician

Lou Jiwei

Indebted countries can only grow out of their debt troubles through strong economic growth; austerity measures alone cannot work. It is imperative to engage in deep structural reform to spur growth.

Chinese Politician

Mark Zandi

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

American Economist

Owen Jones

For decades, life expectancy steadily rose in Britain: and then, suddenly, just as the Tories took power and imposed austerity, this improvement ground to a halt.

British Journalist

Luciana Berger

The cruel realities of austerity and Brexit mean that life is chaotic, expensive and the road ahead is littered with obstacles.

British Politician

Kris Marshall

Especially in these times of austerity and the world feels like it's falling apart, it's good for people to have a laugh.

English Actor

Austerity can imply a deliberate choice for simple living, not just lack of money.

Minimalist Lifestyle

In design or fashion, austerity suggests a style with no unnecessary decorations or features.

Unadorned Appearance

Austerity often contrasts with opulence, highlighting the difference from luxuriousness.

Contrast to Wealth

Austerity in economics implies government budget cuts affecting public services.

Economic Cuts

Economic austerity can lead to public discontent; it's often politically sensitive.

Policy Consequences

Austerity is associated with governments trying to reduce national debt.

Governmental Context

Austerity can indicate self-imposed restraints for personal or spiritual reasons.

Spiritual Discipline

Lifestyle austerity doesn't always mean suffering; it can be a contented choice.

Simplistic Choices

Austerity sometimes suggests harsh limits on oneself, beyond just simplicity.

Severe Limitation

 that has been benefiting the highest earners, while one quarter of the population keeps living in poverty. And the crisis and the austerity has made these kinds of social inequalities worse. So while the capital of the banks and the wealthy has been protected, those who lost the most

Why do we blame...

 But amid austerity and the financial crisis of 2008, the concept disappeared almost without a trace. Globalization has been taken to support a neoliberal agenda. It's perceived to be part of an elite agenda rather than something that benefits all.

Why Brexit happened --...

 they're gonna say well we're gonna go broke from all of this and so we have to pull back and investing in our people and I think that's exactly the wrong thing to do we need a new narrative of generosity not austerity and I think we need to

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 that once provided a voice to ordinary people; that sinking feeling that no matter what you do, external factors related to the global economy can disrupt our lives for the worse. Our political leaders seem helpless, insisting on austerity,

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 to raise their ambition to the scale of investment urgently required to deliver this vision. And to get there, we all need to reimagine marine conservation as a narrative of abundance and empowerment, not of austerity and alienation;

How a handful of fishing...

 the production of money and credit and all of that. That's what we're in. And so you've talked about, there are sort of four levers to recovery after a cutting spending, also known as austerity; debt restructuring, or forgiveness;

What coronavirus means...

 This has very important implications to understand the failure of quantitative easing as well as austerity measures as long as we don't attack the core, the structural cause of this perpetual money machine thinking.

Didier Sornette: How we...

 neoliberal economists continue to warn that the only reasonable response to the painful dislocations of austerity and globalization is even more austerity and globalization. So, what is a society to do?

The dirty secret of...

 What followed were the most difficult decisions in my life, painful to me, painful to my countrymen, imposing cuts, austerity, often on those not to blame for the crisis.

George Papandreou:...

 They thought it would soften the blow of the austerity that was attempt to, perhaps, convince people it wasn't quite as bad as it looked.