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How Conservative Austerity Cost the UK Billions
Since 2010, the Conservatives have repeatedly claimed that only they can be trusted to run the economy. Where a prodigal Labour party would run the economy into the ground with excess spending, they say they're prepared to take the 'common-sense' approach of austerity. Raoul Martinez argues that this story doesn't ring true; austerity is a recipe for economic misery.