Mountains Of Debt: Crisis And Change In Renaissance Florence, Victorian Britain, And Postwar America Hardcover

Michael Veseth

This book surveys the growth and decline of the Florentine economy, and that of Victorian Britain, and relates their experiences to the US in the era following the Second World War, a period notable for accumulating public debt. It also speculates on what options the US may have to avoid the fates of Florence and Victorian Britain in the future.

English

Oxford University Press, USA

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Veseth's hypothesis is interesting and important in the American context. ... Veseth establishes a persuasive case for the link between financial and real variables.'Barry Supple, The Economic History Review 'refreshing bookThe Economist, March 30 1991 'an interesting, well-written book'