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Case Studies

  • David Macdonald (CCPA 2016) | Federal Austerity in Canada (PowerPoint)
  • John Hogan & Brendan O'Rourke (Dublin Institute of Technology 2016) | Updating Austerity in Ireland (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • Peter Graefe (McMaster University 2016) | Austerity in Quebec: Neither Romance Nor Despair (Paper)
  • Maggie FitzGerald (Carleton University 2016) | Austerity in Nova Scotia (Paper
  • Simon Lee (University of Hull 2016) | Austerity in the UK (Paper
  • Robert Hebdon (McGill University 2018) | Public Sector Restraint and Collective Bargaining (PowerPoint)
  • Laura Macdonald & Nadia Ibrahim & Scott Sinclair (Carleton University & Tax Justice Network & CCPA 2018) | Gender, Trade, Austerity (PowerPoint
  • Richard Woodward & James Silverwood (Coventry University 2018) |The Schizophrenia of UK (De) industrialization Policy (Paper)
  • Laura Macdonald & Nadia Ibrahim (Carleton University & Tax Justice Network 2019) | Feminist Trade Policy (Paper)
  • Donna Baines & Fiona Macdonald (University of Sydney & RMIT University 2019) | Zero-Sum Social Policy (Paper)
  • Christoph Sorg (Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences 2019) | Disrupting Debt and Austerity (Paper)
  • David Macdonald (CCPA 2019) | Preferential Treatment in Canada (Paper)
  • Brendan O'Rourke, John Hogan, & Joseph FitzGerald (Dublin Institute of Technology 2019) | Austerity for All Seasons (Paper
  • Bryan Evans, Stephen McBride, & James Watson (Ryerson University & McMaster University 2019) | Negotiating Austerity (Paper)
  • Stefanie Wöhl (European and International Studies (EIS): University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna 2019) | Financialization and Austerity (Paper
  • Sophia Perez & Manos Matsaganiz (Boston University & Polytechnic University of Milan 2019) | Austerity in Southern Europe (Paper
  • Steffen Lehndorff (University of Duisburg-Essen 2019) | Internal Devaluation in Germany & Europe (Paper)
  • Steffen Lehndorff (University of Duisburg-Essen 2020) | A Fragile Triangle: Collective Bargaining Systems, Trade Unions and the State in the EU (Paper

Taxation & Revenue

  • Alex Cobham (Tax Justice Network 2016) | Corporate Tax in the UK (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • Richard Woodward (Coventry University 2016) | From Overloading to Freeloading (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • Robert O'Brien (KSA in Bermuda 2016) | The Ethical Horrors of Tax Abuse (Paper
  • Dennis Howlett (Canadians For Tax Fairness (CTF) 2016) | Fair Tax Solutions (Paper)

Spending, Reform, & Marketization

  • Meghan Joy (Concordia University 2016) | Age Friendly Communities or Austerity Friendly Communities? (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • David Macdonald (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives [CCPA] 2016) | Tax Expenditures and Austerity (Powerpoint - Paper)
  • Heather Whiteside (University of Waterloo 2016) | Austerity and Infrastructure (Powerpoint - Paper)
  • Bruce Campbell (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives [CCPA] 2016) | Regulatory Austerity (Paper)
  • Carlo Fanelli (York University 2018) | Local Roads to Austerity | (Paper)
  • Marc-André Gagnon (Carleton University 2018) | Pharmacare in Canada (PowerPoint)
  • Carlo Fanelli (York Univerisyt 2018) | Local Roads to Austerity | (PowerPoint)
  • Jesse Whattam (Carleton University & CCPA 2018) | Childcare and Austerity | (PowerPoint)
  • Marc-André Gagnon (Carleton University 2018) | Getting More for Less | (Paper)
  • Stephen McBride (McMaster University 2019) | Constitutionalizing Austerity? | (Paper)
  • Sebastian Botzem (Free University of Berlin 2019) | Unintended Austerity? | (PowerPoint)
  • Scott Sinclair (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives [CCPA] 2019) | Treaties, Privatization, & Austerity (Paper)
  • Heather Whiteside (University of Waterloo 2020) | Re-Purposing Public Enterprise (Paper
  • Jonathan Davies (De Montfort University 2020) | Urban Politics after the Crash (PowerPoint)

Labour Markets & Lived Experiences

  • James Wickham (Think Tank for Action on Social Change [TASC] 2016) | Casualising the Middle (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • John Shields (Ryerson University 2016) | Austerity: Settling on Less (Powerpoint - Paper)
  • John Peters (Laurentian University 2016) | Good Jobs For All (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • Meghan Joy & John Shields & Siu Mee Cheng (University of Concordia & Ryerson University) | SILs as Tools of Austerity (PowerPoint)
  • Stephen McBride & James Watson (McMaster University 2018) | Neo-Corporatism in an Age of Austerity (PowerPoint)
  • Stephen McBride (McMaster University & CCPA Monitor 2018) | Eight Things the Crisis Taught Us About Austerity (Article)
  • Sorin Mitrea (McMaster University 2018) | ALMP & Austerity (PowerPoint)  
  • Carlo Fanelli (York University 2019) | Conceived in Austerity (PowerPoint)
  • John Shields & Meghan Joy & Siu Mee Cheng (Ryerson University & Concordia University 2019) | Austerity and Social Innovation (Paper)
  • Zoe Yunker & Jessica Dempsey & James Rowe (University of Victoria and UBC 2020) | Pensions & Climate Change (Paper)

Ideas & Advocacy

  • John Hogan & Brendan O'Rourke (Dublin Institute of Technology 2016) | Influential Voices in Ireland's Economic Policy-Making (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • Bryan Evans (Ryerson University 2016) | Who is Heard? (PowerPoint - Paper
  • Dieter Plehwe ( WZB Berlin Social Science Center & Harvard University 2016) | Who are They Listening To? (PowerPoint - Paper)
  • Bryan Evans & David Macdonald & J.Z. Garrod (Ryerson University & CCPA & Carleton University 2018) | Politics, Power, and Policy Alternatives (PowerPoint)
  • Moritz Neujeffski (WZB Berlin Social Science Center 2018) | Economic Advisors in Germany (PowerPoint)
  • John Hogan & Brendan O'Rourke (Dublin Institute of Technology 2018) | Ireland's Austerity Addiction (PowerPoint)
  • Nour Afara (University of Ottawa 2018) | The Spectre of Austerity (PowerPoint)
  • Peter Graefe (McMaster University 2018) | Engaging Communities (Paper
  • Ingo Schmidt (Athabasca University 2019) | Populist Race (Paper
  • Sorin Mitrea (McMaster University 2019) | Common Sense & Austerity (Presentation)
  • Brendan K. O'Rourke, John Hogan, & Joseph K. Fitzgerald (Dublin Institute of Technology 2020) | Democratizing Policy Debates (Voice-Over PowerPoint)