“It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.”

—  Ha-Joon Chang

"Austerity has never worked" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/04/austerity-policy-eurozone-crisis, The Guardian, 4 June 2012.

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