The notion that a political
party oriented to redressing the widening economic inequality during the years
following the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent debt-crisis in the
E.U. necessarily must increase government deficits to do so is, I submit,
faulty. That is to say, being especially oriented to the plight of the poor,
with the goal being the elimination of extreme poverty, can be consistent with
fiscal responsibility. The election of a socialist as leader of Britain’s
Labour party presents us with an interesting case of assumed fiscal irresponsibility.
The complete essay is at "Anti-Poverty and Budget Deficits."
Jeremy Corbyn upon being elected as leader of the British Labour Party (Jeff Mitchell/Getty)
