In 2010 schreven 20 "top-economen" een brief aan de Britse Minister van Economische Zaken, en riepen ze op om een austeriteitsprogramma op te starten.
Twee jaar later, nu het VK in een donkere put zit, worden ze opnieuw naar hun mening gevraagd, en slechts ééntje blijft bij zijn punt. De rest pleit nu voor de Keynesiaanse recepten die veel grotere economen al langer hadden bepleit.
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The New Statesman had a good idea — it went to 20 British economists who signed a letter back in early 2010 calling for immediate austerity and asked them whether they still supported the Osborne policies now that Britain is in double-dip recession. Only one of those who replied said yes.
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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
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Exclusive: Osborne's supporters turn on him
Leading economists who formerly backed Osborne urge him to change course.
On 14 February 2010, 20 prominent economists wrote to the Sunday Times in support of George Osborne's deficit reduction strategy. They said: "... in order to be credible, the government's goal should be to eliminate the structural current budget deficit over the course of a Parliament, and there is a compelling case, all else equal, for the first measures beginning to take effect in the 2010/11 fiscal year." The Chancellor hailed their letter as a "really significant moment in the economic debate".
Two and a half years later, the UK is mired in a double-dip recession and Osborne is set to borrow £11.8bn more than Labour planned. For this week's issue of the New Statesman (out tomorrow), we asked the 20 whether they regretted signing the letter and what they would do to stimulate growth. Of those who replied, only one, Albert Marcet of Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, was willing to repeat his endorsement of Osborne.
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http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/po...rters-turn-him
Zoals weer blijkt heeft links het op economisch vlak weer correct.
Rechts is te beschaamd om dat toe te geven en mompelt maar wat over "veranderde omstandigheden". Zwak.
Merci Paul Krugman. Bedankt dat we u mogen lezen. U bent een licht in de branding en in de media, gecontroleerd door neoliberale gangsters die niks van economie kennen.