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Budget 2013: Should the government plough ahead with cuts?

18 March 2013

"It's like one of those horror movies - you think the recession is dead, and then it pops up again."
John Van Reenen is feeling frustrated. The head of the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance believes his voice is just one of a growing chorus among economists calling on the government to slow down. "The speed of spending cuts is too fast, and it has contributed to the economy's pathetic rate of recovery", says the left-leaning economist.

The article was published by BBC News on March 18, 2013
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