Debt, democracy and the welfare state : are modern democracies living on borrowed time and money?

Rögnvaldur Hannesson

Argues that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace because of welfare expenditures in excess of what tax revenues allow. Examines the willingness or unwillingness of democratic leaders to balance taxes and public spending and looks at the possible increase of private financing of public services

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Hannesson, Rögnvaldur
Publisher:	Basingstoke, Hampshire [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Öffentliche Schulden \| Public debt \| Sozialstaat \| Welfare state \| Demokratie \| Democracy \| Westliche Staaten \| Western countries \| Wohlfahrtsstaat \| Wirtschaftswachstum
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov]

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Extent:	VI, 115 S. graph. Darst.
Series:	Palgrave pivot
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	1-137-53199-1 ; 978-1-137-53199-5 ; 978-1-137-53201-5 ; 09781137531995
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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