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The political economy of military loans and the growth of central government (national) debt

Authors: Rodionova V.G. Published: 20.12.2018
Published in issue: #1(75)/2019  
DOI: 10.18698/2306-8477-2019-1-579  
Category: Economic Sciences  
Keywords: military loans, savings of the population, economic tension of war, central government (national) debt, taxes

The article consisting of two parts considers A.C. Pigou’s work “The Political Economy of War” (1921), published after the First World War, 1914–1918. A.C. Pigou added a new interpretation to the classical economic theory, considering the “economic tension” of the British fiscal policy of military loans, taxes, growing central government (national) debt, which remains relevant to the present


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