A Brief History of Austerity

Austerity comes from the Ancient Greek austeros meaning harshness, sourness or bitterness. It roughly translates as "to singe the tongue".

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We know it was one of the first things we did when we migrated into Europe and discovered its lions, bears and rhinos.

It all started 228 years ago in the French National Assembly, when revolutionaries sat on the left and monarchists on the right.