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The drugs don’t work – Why can’t our rulers kick the austerity habit?

Author
Lucio Versaggi
Date
17 June 2013
Type
Video
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Austerity isn’t working, yet all we get is more of it. Why can’t our rulers give it up? And how can we break the austerity consensus? With James Meadway and Mary Robinson

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