Notes
Introduction
1 Martin Wolf, âOsborne has now been proved wrong on austerityâ, Financial Times, 26 September 2013 (www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2fc7352-25de-11e3-aee8-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=uk#axzz2olteZTCg).
2 Mark Blyth, âEternal austerity makes complete sense â if youâre richâ, The Guardian, 15 November 2013 (www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/15/eternal-austerity-makes-sense-if-rich-david-cameron).
3 Tracy Shildrick et al, Poverty and insecurity: Life in low-pay, no-pay Britain, Bristol: Policy Press, 2012.
4 Carys Afoko and Daniel Vokins, Framing the economy: the austerity story, London: New Economics Foundation, 11 September (www.neweconomics.org/publications/entry/framing-the-economy-the-austerity-story).
5 Phillip Inman, âUK avoided double-dip recession in 2011, revised official data showsâ, The Guardian, 27 June 2013 (www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jun/27/uk-avoid-double-dip-recession-ons-data).
6 Allister Heath, âSorry to be a party-pooper, but this is the wrong kind of growthâ, City AM, 1 November 2013 (www.cityam.com/article/1383270044/sorry-be-party-pooper-wrong-kind-growth); Aditya Chakrabortty, âLondonâs economic boom leaves the rest of England behindâ, The Guardian, 23 October 2013 (www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/23/london-south-east-economic-boom).
7 The Centre for Welfare Reform, A fair society?, Sheffield (www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/type/pdfs/a-fair-society1.html).
8 Shane Croucher, âUK just half way through age of austerity as spending cuts set to deepenâ, International Business Times, 6 December 2013 (www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-austerity-cuts-george-osborne-autumn-statement-528143).
9 âThe end of local government as we know it,â was how Birmingham City Council Leader, Sir Albert Bore, described the impending cuts to adult social care and childrenâs services. See Alex Blyth, âAdult social care and childrenâs services â what next?â, Local Government Chronicle, 25 April 2013 (www.lgcplus.com/news/adult-social-care-and-childrens-services-what-next/5057870.article).
10 The Centre for Welfare Reform, op cit.
11 This is Money, âTwo-thirds of a million: the number of public sector workers who have lost their jobs since the Coalition came to powerâ, 21 November 2012 (www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2236301/660-000-public-sector-workers-lost-jobs-Coalition-came-power.html).
12 âFor the first time in history welfare benefits and tax credits will not rise in line with inflation and will instead for the next three years rise by 1%. Had there been no change benefits would have risen by 2.2%.â Quoted in Patrick Wintour, âThe day Britain changes: welfare reforms and coalition cuts take effectâ, The Guardian, 1 April 2013 (www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/mar/31/liberal-conservative-coalition-conservatives).
13 Nick Owens, âWorking poor worse off than ever despite Coalition tax cuts designed to boost their incomeâ, Mirror, 23 June 2013, citing research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/working-poor-worse-ever-despite-1983094).
14 New Policy Institute, Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2013, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation (http://npi.org.uk/files/9613/8634/5794/MPSE_Findings_2013_FINAL.pdf).
15 Rupert Neate, âPay workers more, CBI chief tells thriving firmsâ, The Guardian, 30 December 2013 (www.theguardian.com/money/2013/dec/30/pay-workers-more-cbi-firms).
16 Larry Elliott and Phillip Inman, âLiving standards to be lower in 2015 than in 2010, IFS warnsâ, The Guardian, 6 December 2013 (www.theguardian.com/business/2013/dec/06/ifs-living-standards-lower-osborne-autumn-statement).
17 Rupert Neate, for The Guardian, 30 December 2013, op cit.
18 Rupert Jones, âHousehold finances at breaking point, says Shelterâ, The Guardian, 3 January 2014 (www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jan/03/household-finances-breaking-point-shelter).
19 The Staggers, âUnemployment falls sharply but the living standards crisis continuesâ, New Statesman, 18 December 2013 (www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/12/unemployment-falls-sharply-living-standards-crisis-continues); Chris Johnes, âAutumn Statement: The poorest pay twiceâ, Oxfam Policy & Practice blog, 6 December 2013 (http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/2013/12/autumn-statement-2013-the-poorest-pay-twice).
20 Joana Martinho, âThe impact of austerity â and the alternativesâ, Oxfam blogs, 11 September 2013 (www.oxfam.org.uk/blogs/2013/09/the-impact-of-austerity); Scriptonite Daily, âWealth inequality in UK now equal to Nigeria, UN reportâ, 5 August 2013 (www.scriptonitedaily.com/2013/08/05/wealth-inequality-in-uk-now-equal-to-nigeria-un-report).
21 Heather Stewart, âShocking figures reveal the growth in UKâs wealth gapâ, The Observer, 10 February 2013 (www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/10/uk-super-rich-richer-as-majority-squeezed).
22 Mark Blyth, Austerity: The history of a dangerous idea, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013
23 Joana Martinho, for Oxfam, 11 September 2013, op cit; Naomi Klein, The shock doctrine: The rise of disaster capitalism, New York: Picador, 2007.
24 âThe austerity drive in Britain isnât really about debt and deficits at all; itâs about using deficit panic as an excuse to dismantle social programs.â Quoted in Paul Krugman, âThe austerity agendaâ, The New York Times, 31 May 2012 (www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/opinion/krugman-the-austerity-agenda.html?_r=2&hp&).
25 Mark Blyth, Austerity: The history of a dangerous idea, op cit.
26 George Eaton challenges claims by David Cameron that the cuts are not about âideological zealâ; see George Eaton, âCameron is wrong: the spending cuts are ideologicalâ, New Statesman, 31 December 2010 (www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/12/spending-cuts-tax-ideological).
27 Author and academic Mark Blyth outlines his rebuttal to austerity on video; see www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQuHSQXxsjM
28 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQuHSQXxsjM
29 Kate Alexander and Jonathan Hop...