Austerity: the history of a dangerous idea

A primer on austerity, debt, and morality plays --

America : too big to fail? : bankers, bailouts, and blaming the state --

Europe : too big to bail : the politics of permanent austerity --

Introduction to chapters 4, 5, and 6: Austerity's intellectual and natural histories --

The intellectual history of a dangerous idea, 1692-1942 --

The intellectual history of a dangerous idea, 1942-2012 --

Austerity's natural history, 1914-2012 --

The end of banking, new tales, and a taxing time ahead.