SA can always rely on Michael Sachs to put his unerring finger on the most painful spot with regard to the country’s public finances.

The Wits adjunct professor and former head of the National Treasury’s budget office does it again with his colleagues at the Wits Public Economy Project (PEP) in a new fiscal paper, “Austerity without Consolidation”. It should be essential reading for every politician and business person...

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