Government Debt and David Hume

Peter Sinclair

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Abstract: In his essay on public credit, Hume advances two arguments in favour of government borrowing and five against. It is interesting to cast his various arguments.

Keywords: Government debt; deficits; David Hume (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2011-12
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