Austerity - The "Age of Austerity"

The "Age of Austerity"

The term “Age of austerity” was popularized by British Conservative leader David Cameron in his keynote speech to the Conservative party forum in Cheltenham on 26 April 2009, when he committed to put an end to what he called years of excessive government spending.

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Famous quotes containing the words age and/or austerity:

    “My age fallen away like white swaddling
    Floats in the middle distance, becomes
    An inhabited cloud.”
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