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It’s time Europe stopped fetishising fiscal discipline
We should prioritise more important outcomes – like creating well-paid green jobs and lifting millions out of poverty
By
Frank van Lerven
23 June 2021
This piece was originally published in the Financial Times as a letter signed by 142 economists, read the letter here.Contrary to the argument set out by Wolfgang Schäuble (Opinion, June 3), we believe the social fabric of Europe cannot endure a return to “fiscal as usual” — the failed austerity policies of the past that transformed the 2008 financial shock into
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