The National Debt: A Short History

Slater Vividly Recounts The Story Of The Uk National Debt And How Attempts To Manage It Explain Many Key Turning-points In British History. In Today's Austerity Era, The National Debt Is Newsworthy Once Again. But This Phenomenon, While Central To Today's Politics, Can Be A Highly Technical Subject. Few People Fully Understand Its Implications. This Book Is Written For The Lay Reader Who Is Not Well Versed In Economics. List Of Figures, Tables And Boxes; Acknowledgements; Preface; A Note On Data And The Value Of Money Over Time; 1. Introduction: Should We Worry?; 2. Pre-history; 3. The Beginnings Of The National Debt; 4. War And Peace In The Eighteenth Century; 5. Pitt's Sinking Fund And The French Revolutionary And Napoleonic Wars; 6. The Nineteenth Century: A Century Of Peace; 7. The First World War; 8. The Inter-war Years; 9. The Second World War; 10. The Post-second World War Years; 11. National Debt And The 'united' Kingdom? 12. The Debt: Other Standards Of Comparison13. Is There More Than The National Debt?; 14. Conclusions; Appendix I: Bond Technicalities; Appendix Ii: Retirement, Aging And The National Debt; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index Martin Slater. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.