Buch(elektronisch)2014

The scourge of Europe: the public debt described, explained, and historically depicted

In: Routledge Revivals

Birck, Laurits Vilhelm

init.form.title.accessOptions

Verfügbarkeit an Ihrem Standort wird überprüft

Dieses Buch ist auch in Ihrer Bibliothek verfügbar:

Abstract

Written during the early 1920s, at a time when Europe was still recovering from the catastrophe of the First World War, L.V. Birck's The Scourge of Europe examines the economic issues surrounding the existence of public debt, its history, and possible approaches to problems associated with public debt as they were being pursued by the great powers of the time. Birck's analysis contains a rigorous theoretical exposition and explanation of public debt as it was understood in the crucial period leading up to the Great Depression. This is then followed by an insightful exploration of the role of p