The Profligate Colonial by Lisandro E. Claudio (Hardback Book)

The Profligate Colonial by Lisandro E. Claudio (Hardback Book)

Cornell University Press

In The Profligate Colonial, Lisandro E. Claudio reveals how austerity, long before it became a buzzword of modern technocracy, was a tool of US empire.\nAusterity is often praised as prudence in hard times, a responsible response to crisis. In the Philippines today, it is treated as common sense, an unquestioned commitment to a strong currency, low inflation, and fiscal restraint. Claudio argues that this orthodoxy is in fact a colonial inheritance\u2014a legacy of American rule that cast Filipinos as reckless spenders and imposed monetary discipline as a civilizing force. At the center of this logic is the \""profligate colonial,\"" a feminized, racialized figure who wastes public funds and so requires the steady hand of imperial governance. Focusing on key moments in Philippine economic\n\nThe Profligate Colonial\nHow the US Exported Austerity to the Philippines\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked service;

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