Constructing a fiscal military state in eighteenth century Spain
In: Palgrave studies in the history of finance series
Foreword-- Patrick Karl O'Brien 1. Introduction 2. The Habsburg Fiscal and Financial Inheritance 3. Deficit Phobia. From International Public Credit to Domestic Credit 4. Easing the Tax Burden 5. French Inspiration 6. Expansion of State Finance 7. Authority and Control of the King's Money 8. Bourbon Management of the Inherited Public Debt 9. The Spanish System 10. Revenue Control 11. Expenditure Control 12. Arbitrariness and Debt Phobia 13. In the Wake of the English 14. Liberalisation and Mercantilism 15. Domestic Credit. The Creation of National Debt 16. International Public Credit 17. The Efficacy of Spain's Fiscal Military State Conclusion