In Great Britain the seven years following WWI were marked by rigorous austerity policies. From 1918 to 1925 the main objectives were budget cuts and monetary deflation. Certainly, being the central department for financial policies, the British Treasury had decisive authority in setting such...

The historical forerunners of contemporary austerity are still largely unexplored. This essay considers the "liberal phase" of Fascist Italy (1922-1925) as a case study to explain austerity as a full-blown rationality, that is intrinsically, and simultaneously, theory and practice, encompassing...

Unmittelbar nach der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008ff. schienen auf politischer, wissenschaftlicher wie auch medialer Ebene die Zeichen guenstig fuer tiefergreifende gesellschaftliche Wandlungen und eine Abkehr von neoliberalen wirtschaftspolitischen Konzeptionen. Sechs Jahre nach dem...