On the contrary: the doubling of the average EU government debt level in 25 years was accompanied by a more than quadrupling of the average unemployment level. Also in the Netherlands, rapid increases in government debt were attended by increasing unemployment levels. These recent experiences show that accommodative fiscal policies are not a guarantee for reducing unemployment. 1  J.M.
Coincidentally, it was also in the 1960s that I spent some of my formative years in these very surroundings while my dad served as the Post Master, Lautoka. Needless to say, I have many fond memories of this City and its neighborhood areas.