In the Red : The Politics of Public Debt Accumulation in Developed Countries /

Why do rich countries flirt with fiscal disaster? Why did affluent countries - like Belgium, Greece, Italy or Japan - persistently accumulate so much debt between the 1970s and the 2000s, in times of peace and prosperity, that they became vulnerable and exposed themselves to the risk of default? In...

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Huvudupphovsman: Barta, Zsófia (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • The puzzle of relentlessly and alarmingly growing debt
  • Fiscal polarization, international exposure, and sustained debt accumulation
  • Evolving social coalitions, intense polarization, and moderate exposure : Italy
  • Fiscal discord and accord in open economies : Belgium versus Ireland
  • Fiscal discord in closed economies : Greece and Japan
  • Variations on three themes : social coalitions, fiscal polarization, and international exposure.