TY - BOOK AU - Copeland,Morris Albert AU - Kuznets,Simon TI - Trends in Government Financing T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9780691625874 AV - HJ257 .C65eb U1 - 336.343 22 PY - 2015///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Debts, Public KW - United States KW - Finance, Public KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Foreword --; Preface --; CHAPTER I. Introduction --; CHAPTER II. Capital Requirements and the Budget --; CHAPTER III. A Further Historical Review --; CHAPTER IV. Are There Patterns in State and Local Requirements? --; CHAPTER V. Changing Responsibilities for Meeting Financial Requirements --; CHAPTER VI. Fiscal Flexibility and Countercyclical Financial Requirements --; CHAPTER VII. Some Fiscal Developments That Affect the Growth of Public Debts --; CHAPTER VIII. The Requirements of National Security and International Aid --; CHAPTER IX. Trends and Prospects --; APPENDIX A. Additional Notes on the Tables --; APPENDIX B. Statistical Compilations, Books, and Other Documents Cited --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The author indicates that war expenditures have been the most important single cause of the increase in the federal debt, with government countercyclical expenditures second. Increase in state and local debts is found to be largely due to the technological revolution.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400879380 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400879380 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400879380.jpg ER -