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The lies we were told: Politics, economics, austerity and Brexit

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The Lies We Were Told: Politics, Economics, Austerity and Brexit - Wren-Lewis, Simon
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"This is a book you should read, for understanding what went wrong in the past is our only hope of doing better in the future?" - Paul Krugman, Nobel prize-winner Why did governments adopt austerity policies, and why were they so harmful? Why did the media largely ignore the experts who opposed these policies, and allow politicians to get away with lies? And why did voters choose Brexit when the economic consensus was that it would harm living standards? Simon Wren-Lewis, winner of the SPERI/New Statesman Prize for ...

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The Lies We Were Told: Politics, Economics, Austerity and Brexit 2018, Bristol University Press

ISBN-13: 9781529202137

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