The United States has been free of a national debt for only 2
years, 1834 and 1835. We began our existence as a country in 1790
with a debt of $75 million. It rose to $3.8 trillion in 1997. It
rose to a high of 108.6% of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end
of World War II; declined to a post-World War II low of 23.8% of
GDP in 1974; and, then, rose to another high of 49.5% of GDP in
1993. The major cause of debt accumulation has been war. The United
States has financed the extraordinary expenditures associated with
war by borrowing rather than by raising taxes or printing money.
This pattern was broken by the large budget deficits of the 1980s
and 1990s which caused the national debt to rise substantially as a
fraction of GDP during peacetime. While economists have long
recognized that a national debt imposes an inescapable burden on a
nation, they have debated whether the burden is borne by the
generation who contracts the debt or is shifted forward to future
generations. There has also been some controversy over the nature
of the burden. The current consensus among economists is that the
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General
Imprint: |
Bibliogov
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2013 |
First published: |
October 2013 |
Authors: |
Marc Labonte
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 1mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
24 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-293-02332-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-293-02332-9 |
Barcode: |
9781293023327 |
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