Spanish Austerity In Charts

Late in 2011, after realizing that Spain had run up an exceptionally large budget deficit for the year, exceeding 8.5% of the nation's entire GDP, the newly elected government set out to get Spain's fiscal situation under control. Spain committed to a program of spending cuts and tax increases. The economy crashed. Why?

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