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Re:Fed paper says 1918 pandemic led to German austerity and ... by satya71 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:48PM (#23087172)
Wasn't the spending dip because of war reparations? That the austerity caused right wing extremism is not in doubt. But this paper seems to ignore what caused the austerity.

Edit: after reviewing some charts, I don't think causality has been established. The high influenza mortality was probably a result of pre-existing economic and political inequalities.

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Re:Fed paper says 1918 pandemic led to German austerity and ... by throwaway3999 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:44AM (#23089296)
Finding out what countries have been particularly stricken by the pandemic and have had austerity measures imposed on them recently on account of "paying one's debts", very much like Germany's situation in the 30s, is left as an exercise for the reader.
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