In the red : : the politics of public debt accumulation in developed countries / / Zsófia Barta.
Why do rich countries flirt with fiscal disaster? Between the 1970s and the 2000s, during times of peace and prosperity, affluent countries-like Belgium, Greece, Italy, and Japan-accumulated so much debt that they became vulnerable and exposed themselves to the risk of default. In the past three dec...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, [2018] {copy}2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) :; illustrations, charts; PDF, digital file(s). |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- One. The Puzzle of Relentlessly and Alarmingly Growing Debt
- Two. Fiscal Polarization, International Exposure, and Sustained Debt Accumulation
- Three. Evolving Social Coalitions, Intense Polarization, and Moderate Exposure: Italy
- Four. Fiscal Discord and Accord in Open Economies: Belgium versus Ireland
- Five. Fiscal Discord in Closed Economies: Greece and Japan
- Six. Variations on Three Themes: Social Coalitions, Fiscal Polarization, and International Exposure
- Notes
- References
- Index.