Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Austere ideas for austere societies : from Aristotle to Aquinas -- Austerity v. reason : from Mandeville to Voltaire -- Austerity for capitalism : from Smith to Weber -- Austerity for stability : from the Great War to the next -- Austerity can wait : Keynes -- Austerity for the state : Hayek -- Austerity for the planet : green ideas of consumption -- Is greed good?