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Austerity Cannot Explain the Current UK Economic Growth

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  • Philip Arestis
  • Malcolm Sawyer

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Economic growth in the UK is rising again. Does that mean austerity worked? No, of course not, say these authors.

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  • Philip Arestis & Malcolm Sawyer, 2015. "Austerity Cannot Explain the Current UK Economic Growth," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(2), pages 149-159, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:challe:v:58:y:2015:i:2:p:149-159
    DOI: 10.1080/05775132.2015.998155
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    1. Dimitri B. Papadimitriou & Michalis Nikiforos & Gennaro Zezza & Greg Hannsgen, 2014. "Is Rising Inequality a Hindrance to the US Economic Recovery?," Economics Strategic Analysis Archive sa_apr_14, Levy Economics Institute.
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