Book review: austerity: the great failure by Florian Schui

Adopting a historical approach, Florian Schui provides an insightful and thought provoking narrative on the concept of austerity, finds Lee Gregory. The text achieves its main aim of introducing the historical roots of austerity, essential to understanding the contemporary context. Schui offers an excellent account of why the idea of austerity has embedded itself in a range of political and economic thinking.