Address Quote by Meredith Whitney

In fact, in Parliament, I pointed out that Australians on average incomes would move into the second highest tax bracket in the next couple…

— Joe Hockey

If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is…

— Paul Keating

I believe that if we are able to, obviously we need to ensure that we have a robust budget that's balanced, but there's no…

— Jagmeet Singh

The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis.

— Arnaud Montebourg

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

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

— Owen Jones

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

— Ash Sarkar

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

— Alex Himelfarb

The emphasis so far on fiscal austerity, while to a degree necessary for the countries facing market funding difficulties, is excessive when carried out…

— Charles Dallara

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

— Alistair Darling

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