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Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- Introduction.- Part One: austerity in the UK.- Chapter one: the rise of public spending.- Chapter two: the party's over.- Chapter three: the end of consensus.- Chapter four: from boom to bust.- Chapter five: austerity Britain.- Chapter six: light at the end of the tunnel.- Part Two: global experiences of austerity.- Chapter seven: deficit reduction in the United States.- Chapter eight: austerity in Europe.- Chapter nine: two case studies, Canada and Sweden.- Chapter ten: some Asia Pacific case studies.- Chapter eleven: is austerity necessary?.- Conclusion.- Index