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The origins of American public finance : debates over money, debt, and taxes in the Constitutional era, 1776-1836

Donald Stabile
An examination of an early version of the debate over money, debt, and taxes sheds light on current debates regarding public finance, a balanced budget, and paying off the public debt.
Print Book, English, 1998
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Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1998
Contributions in economics and economic history, no. 198
History
xii, 208 pages ; 25 cm.
9780313307546, 0313307547
38288692
1700-1899
Finance, Public
Finance, Public United States History
Finance, Public United States History 18th century
Finance, Public United States History 19th century
Finances publiques États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle
Finances publiques États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle
Finanzwirtschaft
Geschichte 1776-1836
History
USA
United States
Verfassungsrecht
Online version:
Origins of American public finance.
Stabile, Donald.
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Foreword by David O. WhittenPrefaceIntroduction: To Mortgage the Public RevenueToo Frequent EmissionsRequisitions Small and SlowTo Levy Money DirectlyWe the PeopleA National RevenueSubject to all the BurdensA Choice of EvilsA Wise and Frugal GovernmentA Proper Selection of Moderate Internal TaxesAn Unprecedented SpectacleEpilogue: As Sure as Debt and TaxesBibliographyIndex