A Free Nation Deep in Debt
The Financial Roots of Democracy
For the greater part of recorded history the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet now the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. In A Free Nation Deep in Debt, James Macdonald provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. The pressures of war finance led ancient states to store up treasure; and treasure accumulation invariably favored autocratic states. But when the art of public borrowing was developed by the city-states of medieval Italy as a democratic alternative to the treasure chest, the balance of power tipped. From that point on, the pressures of war favored states with t…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-12632-6
- EAN: 9780691126326
- Produktnummer: 2198926
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 576 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D3.3 cm 873 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 873
Über den Autor
James Macdonald was an investment banker for many years. He lives in Oxford, England.
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