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Austerity: When It Works and When It Doesn’t is an economics and public-policy book by Alberto Alesina, Carlo Favero, and Francesco Giavazzi that examines how governments reduce budget deficits and public debt. Centered on fiscal consolidation, it asks a practical but controversial question: when do spending cuts and tax increases help an economy, and when do they make conditions worse? The book argues that austerity is not a single policy but a set of choices with different effects depending on timing, composition, and broader economic conditions. Drawing on comparative evidence from many debt-reduction episodes across advanced economies, it distinguishes between spending-based and tax-based adjustments and evaluates their differing consequences for growth, investment, and debt dynamics. The book is aimed at readers interested in macroeconomics, fiscal policy, and European economic debates, and it tries to move the discussion beyond slogans by focusing on empirical patterns and policy design.