Austerity vs Stimulus

Part I. The Politics of the Debate

1. Austerity in the Tension Between Capitalism and Democracy
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

Part II. The Two Sides of the Debate

2. Keynes Vs Hayek
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

3. Contemporary Arguments for Austerity
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

4. Contemporary Arguments for Stimulus
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

Part III. Confidence: The Object of the Debate

5. Austerity: A Solution to Restore Markets’ Confidence
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

6. Myths of Austerity
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

7. Debating the Confidence Fairy
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

8. Confidence in the UK Is Different from the One in the Eurozone
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

9. Confidence Beyond Debt: The Role of Monetary Policy
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

10. Schizophrenic Confidence?
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

Part IV. Austerity vs Stimulus in the UK

11. Austerity for the UK
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

12. Stimulus for the UK
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

13. “Keynesian Austerity”
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

14. Britain’s Confidence
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

15. The Economic Consequences of Mr. Osborne
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

16. Niall Ferguson’s Wishful Thinking
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

17. More Keynesian Than Keynes
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

18. A Final Word with Ferguson
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

19. A Stimulus Policy for the UK
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

Part V. What’s Next?

20. The Economics of Debt
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

21. George Osborne’s Economics: Austerity in the UK
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

22. Conservatives and Keynes
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

23. The Political Power of Austerity
Robert Skidelsky, Nicolò Fraccaroli

Avainsanat: Popular Science, Popular Science in Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, International Political Economy, Political Economy/Economic Policy, Economic Growth