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Meanwhile, the hard-times ethic of fiscal austerity has given way to a good-times ethic of "invest and grow," which frowns on frugality.
If Hinduism is more or less India’s national belief system, this may be because it offers something for everyone: mysticism and metaphysics for scholars, ceremony for ordinary people, austerity, sensuality, tranquillity, and frenzy.
Hashimoto has bowed to a "torrent of pressure from the United States, international investors, and elite Japanese business leaders" and swapped his trademark fiscal austerity policies for an economic stimulus package featuring lush tax cuts designed to persuade Japanese consumers to do some spending.
Both the NYT and LAT emphasize that Indonesian president Suharto has received more international attention, in the form of visits from U.S. and IMF delegations and calls from numerous foreign leaders, than he has in years, and that he seems to be responding with a real austerity pledge, including the postponement of several major government investments in the dubious projects of family members.
Liberals' spin: Camdessus was too strict in forcing economic austerity.