Hager’s project examines the historical development of US public debt ownership and its political implications. His … debt ownership in terms of social inequality and power. He tackles four questions: who are the owners of the public debt … ownership; and what is the relationship between debt-ownership concentration and political influence. He argues that the …

This paper examines the ownership structure of eurozone public debt and the distributional consequences thereof … interest received on government bonds in Italy turn out to be largely wealthy households, reflecting the unequal ownership of …

Who are the dominant owners of US public debt? Is it widely held, or concentrated in the hands of a few? Does ownership …, Inequality, and Power is the first comprehensive historical analysis of public debt ownership in the United States. It reveals … that ownership of federal bonds has been increasingly concentrated in the hands of the 1 percent over the past three …

ownership. Specifically, the study addresses the following questions: Who owns the US public debt? Is the distribution of … to any consensus on even the most basic facts concerning ownership of the US public debt and its potential redistributive … plague existing studies. Empirically, only a handful of studies have attempted to map the ownership pattern of US federal …

This paper examines the ownership structure of eurozone public debt and the distributional consequences thereof … interest received on government bonds in Italy turn out to be largely wealthy households, reflecting the unequal ownership of …