Austerity debates only emerge once states grow large enough to cut.

Evidence

Chapter 6, “Austerity’s Natural History, 1914–2012,” looks at austerity in practice. Noting that it’s not until you get states that are big enough to cut that you really get debates about cutting the state down, we begin with the classical gold standard and how cuts were built into the script of its operation, with calamitous results. — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 69

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides a scoping condition for when austerity as a political practice becomes possible.
• XREF: connects to: Austere retrenchment was impossible until states grew large and democratic — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 481; Austerity emerged only once states became large enough budgetary entities to cut — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 268; Austerity only worked historically when larger states imported to offset cuts — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 49 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Austerity emerged only once states became large enough budgetary entities to cut #corroborates (0.98) — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 268
• Austerity only worked historically when larger states imported to offset cuts #qualifies (0.85) — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 49
• Austerity arose in response to mass political challenge to capitalism itself #contradicts (0.72) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 798
• Austerity is state intervention transferring resources from the many to the few #expands (0.70) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 195