A decade of debt /

"This Policy Analysis presents evidence that public debts in the advanced economies have surged in recent years to levels not recorded since the end of World War II, surpassing the heights reached during the First World War and the Great Depression. At the same time, private debt levels, parti...

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Main Author: Reinhart, Carmen M.
Corporate Author: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Other Authors: Rogoff, Kenneth S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2011.
Series:Policy analyses in international economics ; 95.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A decade of debt. Introduction ; Surges in public debt ; The financial crash : sovereign debt crisis sequence ; Debt and growth ; Aftermath of high debt : the 1930s and World War II ; Conclusion ; References
  • 2. Chartbook of country histories of debt, default, and financial crises. Preamble ; Key to figures and methodology notes ; Debt and crises : main themes ; References.