antiausterity
Opposing fiscal tightening
Antiausterity describes opposition to austerity measures—government policies that cut public spending and services to reduce budget deficits.
The term appears most often in political contexts: antiausterity protests swept across Greece, an antiausterity platform.
Antiausterity movements typically resist cuts to social programs, pensions, and public sector jobs.
Prolonged economic decline
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- troikaSet of three, Russian-derived
- IMFGlobal economic assistance organization
European Commission · sovereign debt · eurozone · budget cuts · privatization · neoliberalism · inequality · unemployment
What prompts a reaction
- public investmentGovernment spending on shared assets
- government spendingState allocation of funds
- KeynesianPro-intervention economic theory
- deficit spendingExpenditures funded by debt
quantitative easing · job creation · welfare state · social spending · public services · infrastructure · progressive taxation · wealth redistribution
Public display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
occupation · sit-in · blockade · mass gathering · civil disobedience · placards · chanting · public outcry
Unity among allies
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- organizingSystematically putting in order
activist · campaign · social movement · left-wing · progressive · trade union · student movement · collective action
Capacity to withstand force
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- discontentUnhappiness with circumstances
backlash · pushback · criticism · denouncement · challenge · noncompliance · refusal · contestation
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- troikaSet of three, Russian-derived
IMF · European Commission · sovereign debt · eurozone · budget cuts · privatization · neoliberalism · inequality · unemployment · poverty
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- public investmentGovernment spending on shared assets
- government spendingState allocation of funds
- KeynesianPro-intervention economic theory
deficit spending · quantitative easing · job creation · welfare state · social spending · public services · infrastructure · progressive taxation · wealth redistribution · living wage
demonstration
Public display of opinion
picket · occupation · sit-in · blockade · mass gathering · civil disobedience · placards · chanting · public outcry · unrest
solidarity
Unity among allies
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
organizing · activist · campaign · social movement · left-wing · progressive · trade union · student movement · collective action · network
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
discontent · backlash · pushback · criticism · denouncement · challenge · noncompliance · refusal · contestation · referendum
antiausterityausterity
Enforced economic stringency
fiscal conservatism · belt-tightening · spending cuts · retrenchment · deficit reduction