Assertion: crisis | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: to greedy trade unions
type: CAUSE
value: to greedy labor
type: CAUSE
value: to fiscal malfeasance
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The explanation is myths: the crisis was due to fiscal malfeasance instead of to irresponsible cross-border credit flows; fiscal policy has no role in managing demand; central bank purchases of government bonds are a step towards hyperinflation; and competitiveness determines external surpluses, not the balance between supply and insufficient demand.
text: The typical neoliberal arguments that were used back in the 1970s to 1980s as a way to get us out of the crisis can’t be used anymore—including, of course, the argument that the crisis is due to greedy trade unions, greedy labor, and that labor is too well remunerated.