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DESCRIPTION:Following the burst of the housing bubble in 2008 and the subsequent 
 worldwide financial crisis, governments began looking for ways to tighten 
 their purse strings. Austerity (the sequester in the US) is one of the main 
 policy options to deal with heavy public debt. Sometimes a painful process 
 and not without controversy, austerity generates substantial cuts to many 
 public services. According to Dr. Basu, when approached incorrectly 
 austerity can also have deadly consequences.\n\nDrawing on case studies 
 starting during the Great Depression up to the present day Basu has found 
 that certain austerity measures have led to large public health problems 
 such as HIV and malaria outbreaks, medicine shortages, increased heart 
 attacks and even a recent outbreak of West Nile virus in California. 
 However, it doesn’t have to be this way, according to Basu. Several 
 countries such as Iceland and Japan have actually improved their public 
 health situations in tough economic times. Which direction will the 
 sequester take the US and California? Join the conversation with Dr. Sanjay 
 Basu to find out.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/15/18739847.php
SUMMARY:The Deadly Side of Austerity
LOCATION:The World Affairs Council\n312 Sutter Street, Suite 200\nSan Francisco, CA 
 94108
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/15/18739847.php
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