Disability groups say that Greece's austerity programmes have deprived many people of their benefits.
Under their austerity programmes, this government is failing to invest in children, families and young people.
Austerity programmes also tend to lead to political unrest just look at Greece.
Consumer spending remains weak, hardly a surprise given job insecurity and austerity programmes.
But Europe's economy was shrinking, as the region's austerity programmes stifled demand.
Ultimately, the problem of judging austerity programmes is that economists cannot run fully controlled experiments.
The natural consequence was to support government austerity programmes, which can only make the situation worse.
Faced with higher budget deficits caused by slower growth, would they intensify austerity programmes?
The neoliberal model was discredited, but governments tried to refloat it through savage austerity programmes.
Paradoxically, says Mr Meirás, government austerity programmes have increased demand because private firms can do such jobs more cheaply.
The first is that the austerity programmes needed to cut deficits are killing the growth needed to make debt bearable.
