https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/not-together-distributional-impact-austerity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-together-distributional-impact-austerity Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/not-together-distributional-impact-austerity/#comment-956 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 21:30:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=2164#comment-956 The graphical presentations are almost incomprehensible, and most certainly to anyone without advanced training in economic statistics. There are also a few suspect inclusions, such as indirect taxes. I do not think that this style of argumentation is going to work politically: the government will just ignore it, because the population cannot grasp it.

]]> https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/not-together-distributional-impact-austerity/#comment-954 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:42:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=2164#comment-954 “When the research is so conclusive, we have to say it loud and clear: tax and social security reforms are a violation of international human rights law. But more than that, they are the confirmation that we don’t live in a fair society.” https://leftfootforward.org/2017/11/confirmed-the-poor-have-borne-the-cost-of-tax-and-welfare-reforms/

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