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Well known anecdotally perhaps, but this is the first time I've seen a major publication link the two issues (possibly I don't read enough of the news). Hopeful
by krysp 4y ago
Well known anecdotally perhaps, but this is the first time I've seen a major publication link the two issues (possibly I don't read enough of the news). Hopefully we see more like this.
- TheOtherHobbes 4y agoSome of the media coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/05/over-330000-excess-deaths-in-great-britain-linked-to-austerity-finds-study https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/05/over-330000... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/austerity-thousands-deaths-study-researchers-b1938504.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/austerity-thousand... Some of the research: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/21490/1/‘Dead%20people%20don't%20claim’%20a%20psychopolitical%20autopsy%20of%20UK%20austerity%20suicides.pdf https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/21490/1/‘Dead%20peop... https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/10/e046417 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/10/e046417 There's a mountain of evidence that the policies were democidally harmful and economically counterproductive. Although they did increase financial inequality - which some people seem to consider a good thing rather than a bad one.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoFinancial Times called it out recently too, in surprisingly clear terms: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1606223922474627073 https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1606223922474627073 > Britain’s grim winter of strikes, falling incomes and a worsening NHS crisis is not some unfortunate series of events > It’s the inevitable result of a decade of Tory austerity that steadily weakened the state’s capacity to respond to shocks
- captaincaveman 4y agoAssuming this is true, wasn't it the bailing out of the banks a major factor in the need for austerity?