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 have no...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press
[2016]
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| Colección: | Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429955106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction: public debt, inequality and power
- 2. The spectacle of a highly centralized public debt
- 3. The bondholding class resurgent
- 4. Fiscal conflict : past and present
- 5. Bonding domestic and foreign owners
- 6. Who rules the debt state?
- 7. Conclusion: informing democratic debate
- Appendix : accounting for the public debt.
