Mountains of Debt: Crisis and Change in Renaissance Florence, Victorian Britain, and Postwar America
- ISBN-10
- 0195064208
- ISBN-13
- 9780195064209
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Michael Veseth
Description
This text surveys the growth and decline of the economies of Renaissance Florence and of Victorian Britain, and relates their experiences to that of the USA in recent decades, a period notable for accumulating public debt.
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