1.Introduction 2. International Income 3. Growth of the Public Debt: 1814-1918 4. Post-War Budget Deficits 5. Post-War Growth of the Public Debt 6. The Exchange and Currency Situation 7. Production and Trade 8. The Economic Dilemma 9. There Is A Way Out 10. The French Point of View 11. The Foreign Debt Problem 12. What of the Future? Appendix A: International Trade and Financial Accounts Appendix B: The French Budget System Appendix C: The Wealth and Income of France Appendix D: Government Borrowing and the Public Debt Appendix E: Financial Data Appendix F: How France Met the Indemnity of 1871 Appendix G: A Tentative Appraisal of the Caillaux Policies.
Biography
Harold G. Moulton (1883-1965) was an American economist and Fellow of the Brookings Institution.
Cleona Lewis died in 1958.
Original review of The French Debt Problem:
‘It is really a comprehensive survey of the economic position and economic life of France in all its more important aspects and contains compilations of valuable material hitherto inaccessible to most American students.’ James W. Angell, Journal of Political Economy Vol. 34, No. 2 (1926)
