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Is Austerity to Blame for the UK's Recession?

David Cameron
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Jake Chessum for Newsweek
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It is possible that you have recently seen this chart in blog posts arguing that more economic stimulus is needed:

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The graphic originally came from Scott Barber, a Reuters reporter who included the chart as part of a bigger

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