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Another historical example of contemporary austerity is Fascist Italy during a liberal period of the economy from 1922 to 1925. [11] The fascist government utilized austerity policies to prevent the democratization of Italy following World War I, with Luigi Einaudi, Maffeo Pantaleoni, Umberto Ricci and Alberto de' Stefani leading this movement ...
The extent of this funding has been greatly reduced since the beginning of austerity. For example, between 2007 and 2017, museums suffered a 13% reduction in funding, [115] resulting in the closure of at least 64 museums between 2010 and 2019 [116] and visitor numbers halving from 8,000 to 4,000 between 2010 and 2015. [117]
The economic austerity, along with political repression, were the main reasons behind the protests and revolution of 1989. [31] His politics isolated him not only from the people, but also from the party (as seen by the Letter of the Six in March 1989) and the military.
With public universities under threat, massive protests against austerity shake Argentina. ISABEL DEBRE. April 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM.
One such example is Bloomsbury Fightback!, which is a group of radical students and workers in Bloomsbury, London, centred on the Bloomsbury Colleges in the University of London and focusing on organising around education and employment issues, of which many are the result of the austerity measures.
For example, Antonis Samaras (leader of New Democracy) talked about renegotiating the deal, despite voting for the package. Because of this uncertainty, Eurozone finance ministers demanded that Greek main politicians sign a written assurance for their continued support to implement the austerity package, both before and after any elections.
The anti-austerity movement in the United Kingdom saw major demonstrations throughout the 2010s in response to Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government's austerity measures which saw significant reductions in local council budgets, increasing of university tuition fees and reduction of public spending on welfare, education, health and policing, among others.
Baltimore was held up as an example of progress. The authors cited a study showing that the publicly funded Baltimore Buprenorphine Initiative, aimed at increasing access to medical treatments, helped spur a roughly 50 percent reduction in the city’s overdose deaths between 1995 and 2009.