From the left, voices angrily accuse Mr Field of supplying the coalition with an ideological rationale for slashing financial aid to the poor.
Proposals to slash financial support to solar projects over 50kW have further laid bare the shocking lack of ambition on solar energy.
The plans to slash financial incentives for installing solar panels has provoked anger from green groups, with Friends of the Earth planning to mount a legal challenge.
After the coup and the death of Allende, Pinochet and his Chicago Boys did their best to dismantle Chile's public sphere, auctioning off state enterprises and slashing financial and trade regulations.
The leader of Britain's biggest union warns that it could further slash financial support to the Labour party – and face internal pressure to disaffiliate – if Ed Miliband's cash-strapped party forms a coalition with the Liberal Democrats after the next election.
Indeed Merrill lynch slashed its financial consultant training program in January.
The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are also all partners in YouView, however in a telling move they agreed to slash their financial commitment to potentially as little as £1m annually each, with BT and TalkTalk now expected to foot most of the development costs.
But Karzai's extraordinary effort to win their trust by feverish criticism of his American allies can only permanently redound to Taliban advantage if, in pique, Washington slashes its financial assistance to Afghanistan just as Karzai leaves the presidency.
And at OGX, the flagship oil company where production targets have been slashed, the chief financial officer and exploration boss were fired, too.
Late Friday, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services slashed FGIC's financial strength rating again, saying it is not fit to write new business.
S&P slashed Aflac's financial strength rating to AA-minus, down from AA and the company's debt rating to A-minus from A on concerns about the turmoil in global financial markets and the company's investments in global financial institutions.
