The politics of austerity

With the financial support of the Italian Ministry of Education, SIR Grant,RBSI14KCWY: Unconventional Central Banks: Making Monetary Policy in Hard Times

Few issues have become so contentious as the merits of fiscal contractions to put the economy back to growth. For some, fiscal adjustments have positive effects on output and employment. For others, the benefits of fiscal consolidation are far from being automatic and its effect on economic growth may even be unlikely.The roundtable brings together political scientists and sociologists to shed light on such controversial debate and its current application in the economic policy mix in most advanced economies.

Roundtable participants:

Cornel Ban, Boston University
Donatella Della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Erik JoneS, Johns Hopkins University – SAIS
Brigid Laffan, European University Institute
Matthias Matthijs, Johns Hopkins University – SAIS
Vivien Schmidt, Boston University

Chair:

Manuela Moschella, Scuola Normale Superiore

Concluding remarks:

Mark Blyth, Brown University

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