Public Debt, Inequality, and Power : The Making of a Modern Debt State /

"Who are the dominant owners of US public debt? Is it widely held, or concentrated in the hands of a few? Does ownership of public debt give these bondholders power over our government? What do we make of the fact that foreign-owned debt has ballooned to nearly 50 percent today? Until now, we h...

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Tác giả chính: Hager, Sandy Brian (Tác giả)
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Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Mục lục:
  • Introduction : public debt, inequality and power
  • The spectacle of a highly centralized public debt
  • The bondholding class resurgent
  • Fiscal conflict : past and present
  • Bonding domestic and foreign owners
  • Who rules the debt state?
  • Conclusion : informing democratic debate
  • Appendix : accounting for the public debt.