What we owe : truths, myths, and lies about public debt /: truths, myths, and lies about public debt. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carlo Cottarelli.
• Authors: Cottarelli, Carlo
• Contents: Introduction -- part I. The public debt problem -- 1. What is public debt? -- 2. The surge in public debt -- 3. How high public debt can cause a financial crisis -- 4. How high public debt can reduce economic growth -- 5. Public debt, moral imperatives, and politics -- 6. A pause to recap -- part II. The shortcuts -- 7. Printing money -- 8. First case study : should European countries leave the euro zone? -- 9. Financial repression -- 10. Default -- 11. Second case study : the Greek crisis -- 12. Debt mutualization -- 13. Privatization -- part III. The main road -- 14. Economic growth -- 15. A bit of austerity -- 16. Institutional fiscal constraints -- Conclusion : the unbearable lightness of public debt.
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 336.3/4; Debts, Public; Dettes publiques; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Debts, Public
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780815730699; 0815730691
• Related ISBNs: 9780815730675; 0815730675
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 31, 2017).
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