Politics and Public Debt: The Dominion, the Banks and Alberta's Social Credit

Politics and Public Debt: The Dominion, the Banks and Alberta's Social Credit
ISBN-10
0888643063
ISBN-13
9780888643063
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
202
Language
English
Published
1999-03
Publisher
University of Alberta
Author
Robert Ascah

Description

Through the window of history, Politics and Public Debt examines the influence of debt-holders over fiscal and economic policy-making by Canadian governments. Robert Ascah focuses on debt management issues faced by the Canadian government between 1930 and 1952, a time shaped by stresses of depression, war, and reconstruction. He takes special note of Alberta's historic default of 1936, an event as little known as it was defining for both the province's finances and the country's. In Politics and Public Debt, economists, political scientists, bankers, investors, historians, and students interested in Canadian politics, government and the future of public finance will find valuable background and perspective on a subject that affects us all.

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