Studie: GLOBAL CORPORATE TAXATION AND RESOURCES FOR QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES

Edited by Laura Figazzolo and Bob Harris

12.12.2011 / Education International Research Institute, December 2011

The problem with the ‘no option but austerity’ line is that it thrusts national economies into downward spirals. Austerity dampens then freezes economic activity. Public revenues drop. The objective of reducing sovereign debt is defeated because of the downturn in economic activity, while uncertainty drives up the cost of servicing the debt – the classic ‘debt trap.’ There is another way....