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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: Little Joe who wrote (38486)2/9/2013 12:42:10 AM
From: Wharf Rat1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
I'm not surprised by your reaction; you aren't part of the evidence-based world. You prefer your economics to be faith-based, long on rhetoric and philosophy, but devoid of any actual data.

"They just will not live in an evidence-based world."
Hillary Clinton

Yes, Hil, they live in a world where stuff like this doesn't happen, and data like this can be ignored. Most of us live on Planet Earth, tho.

Austerity Pushes British Economy Toward Triple-Dip Recession
By Travis Waldron on Jan 25, 2013 at 9:25 am

The conservative Tory government’s austerity policies are pushing the United Kingdom toward an unprecedented triple-dip recession, as the UK’s economy contracted 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. If the economy slumps again in the first quarter of this year, the two consecutive quarters of losses will mark Britain’s third recession in four years.

thinkprogress.org
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