EAST EUROPEANS OPT FOR NEEDLESS AUSTERITY TO BATTLE THE WORLD RECESSION.

The article discusses how austere policies of Eastern European countries may negatively affect their economies during the global recession. The author suggests that countries like Hungary still practice Soviet economic policies and that economic austerity through proposals to freeze salaries and dec...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Review Vol. 291; no. 1693; pp. 169 - 174
Autor principal: Land, Thomas
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Contemporary Review Company Ltd. Summer2009
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Sumario:The article discusses how austere policies of Eastern European countries may negatively affect their economies during the global recession. The author suggests that countries like Hungary still practice Soviet economic policies and that economic austerity through proposals to freeze salaries and decrease social benefits will affect minorities and increase class differences. Loans to Hungary by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and economic problems in Latvia and Lithuania are noted.