There are people who think the world in recent times has been suffering under something called "neoliberalism" in which "social spending"is savaged ....
... and others who claim governments have recently been inflicting something called "austerity." Here's the UK's "austerity" measured over the last three centuries. Their experience is not unique ...
[Hat tips Zeitgeist Explorer and A. Comte]


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