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# So-Called Austerity and Growth in Europe 

What is the impact of spending cuts on growth? For all of the arguments about so-called European “austerity,” the spending cuts haven’t been delivered. Veronique de Rugy is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

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##### [Veronique de Rugy](/people/veronique-derugy)

George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University