The Dangers of Austerity in Europe and the U.S. Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director Center for Economic and...
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The Dangers of Austerity in Europe and the U.S.
Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Austerity&
GDP Growth
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Austerity&
Jobs
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Myth: The US is just a bystander in Europe’s austerity
Truth: We have power at the IMF.
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• Unlike Greece, the U.S. “debt crisis” is manufactured• Short term deficit is due to recession – revenues fall and
spending increases – and weak recovery• Long term deficit is due to health care spending (driven by
private sector health care costs
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• Real crisis is 25 million unemployed, involuntarily working part-time, or dropped out of labor force
• U.S. needs further stimulus, job sharing, and other measures to get unemployment back to normal levels; health care reform to eliminate long term deficit