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The Scourge of Europe (Routledge Revivals): The Public Debt Described, Explained, and Historically Depicted book cover

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The Scourge of Europe (Routledge Revivals) The Public Debt Described, Explained, and Historically Depicted

By L. V. Birck Copyright 1926
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Part I: Description  1. How To Meet A Deficit  2. Basis Of Public Debt  3. The Lender  4. Various Kinds Of Debt  5. Conditions  6. Politico-Economic Conditions  7. Bankruptcy   8. From Debased Coin to Paper-Money; Part II: The Explanation 9. Paper Money And Inflation  10. Back To Gold!  11. Taxation Or Loans?  12. Can The Present Generation Transfer Her Burdens To The Future?  13. Repayment  14. A Capital Levy;  Part III: The Facts  15. The Middle Ages  16. The Origin Of An International Loan Market  17. The Era Of Absolutism  18. The Era Of Napoleon  19. The Liberal Régime  20. The World War  21. Unsettled Problems;  Appendix: England; The United States;  France;  The German Empire;  Denmark’s National Debt For 300 Years

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L. V. Birck

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