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How You Could End Up Paying Off A Corrupt Banker's Debt
Europeans call it "austerity" and Americans call it "fiscal responsibility," but both of these titles duck the true nature of what slashing services for low-income citizens to pay for the mistakes of a financial crisis really amounts to: class politics. Mark Blyth, a professor of international political economy at Brown University, explains why placing the burdens of the financial crisis on those who can least afford it will leave us all worse off in the long run.
10.02.12