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He added that central bankers during the start of the financial crisis had been very keen to avoid the mistakes of the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nowotny also cautioned against trying to impose a \u201cmoralistic\u201d solution to the euro zone\u2019s current debt problems. \u201cIt is not about punishing children who have behaved badly,\u201d he said, adding that it was important not to let the concept of moral hazard turn into an excuse for not taking \u201cpractical initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2012\/06\/18\/ecbs-nowotny-cautions-against-single-minded-austerity\/?mod=djemRTE_t&amp;_nocache=1340056769317&amp;user=welcome&amp;mg=id-wsj\">ECB\u2019s Nowotny Cautions Against \u2018Single-Minded\u2019 Austerity &#8211; Real Time Economics &#8211; WSJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe single-minded concentration on austerity policy (in the 1930s) led to mass unemployment, a breakdown of democratic systems and, at the end, to the catastrophe of Nazism,\u201d said Ewald Nowotny [Austria\u2019s central bank governor and member of ECB governing council] at a financial conference in Vienna. 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