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	by krysp 1198 days ago
	Well known anecdotally perhaps, but this is the first time I've seen a major publication link the two issues (possibly I don't read enough of the news). Hopefully we see more like this.

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Some of the media coverage:

Some of the research:

There's a mountain of evidence that the policies were democidally harmful and economically counterproductive.

Although they did increase financial inequality - which some people seem to consider a good thing rather than a bad one.

Financial Times called it out recently too, in surprisingly clear terms:

> Britain’s grim winter of strikes, falling incomes and a worsening NHS crisis is not some unfortunate series of events

> It’s the inevitable result of a decade of Tory austerity that steadily weakened the state’s capacity to respond to shocks

Assuming this is true, wasn't it the bailing out of the banks a major factor in the need for austerity?