Decades of Tight Fiscal Policy Have Left the Health Care System in Italy Ill-Prepared to Fight the COVID-19 Outbreak
Open Access
- 7 June 2020
- journal article
- forum
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Intereconomics
- Vol. 55 (3) , 147-152
Abstract
Although austerity was particularly strong in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 and its consequences in the euro area, Italian fiscal policies have been characterised by tough consolidation periods ever since the 1990s.Keywords
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