Abstract Quote by John Lanchester

I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.'

— Enda Kenny

What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.

— David Cameron

First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to…

— Mario Monti

Austerity is literally a matter of life and death. Unless it is stopped, lives will continue to be unnecessarily shortened.

— Owen Jones

“Austerity, especially when it cannot be offset by a significant lowering of interest rates, brings with it increases in unemployment -- particularly enduring unemployment…

— Alex Himelfarb

One of the things that happens when you have austerity is that wages get lower, and some people think lower wages in the short…

— Joseph Stiglitz

What are these so-called austerity measures? What do they really bring? Oh, they bring a lot more poverty. Oh, they bring a worse GDP.…

— Gerald Celente

I think it's essential that we do more than talk about austerity measures and cutting.

— Todd Young

I am not a person who believes in austerity or denial.

— Mahesh Bhatt

Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.

— John Tiffany

Austerity hasn't just decimated our public services. It has corroded the political imagination.

— Ash Sarkar

Voters want prosperity, not austerity.

— John Redwood