Constructing a Fiscal Military State in Eighteenth Century Spain
In: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
In: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Ser.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Habsburg Fiscal and Financial Inheritance -- 2.1 Deficit phobia: from international public credit to domestic credit -- 2.2 Easing the tax burden -- 3 French Inspiration -- 3.1 Expansion of state finance -- 3.2 Authority and control of the king's money -- 3.3 Bourbon management of the inherited public debt -- 4 The Spanish System -- 4.1 Revenue control -- 4.2 Expenditure control -- 4.3 Arbitrariness and public debt phobia