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978-0-88864-306-3Size: 6" x 8"
Pages: 216
Politics and Public Debt
The Dominion, the Banks and Alberta's Social Credit
By Robert Ascah
Focusing on the Depression, Second World War, and early post-War period, Robert Ascah examines the interaction of politics and capital markets in Canada from the perspective of the debt management function. Ascah's insightful study explores the Dominion Government's dealings with domestic and international finance capital and their reaction to the policies of Alberta's Social Credit government, and in particular the April 1936 default.
Book details
Publication date: March 1999Features: appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Keywords: Politics;Debt
Subject(s): BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, Politics / Debt, Politics;Debt, Economics, Political Science, Alberta History
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: March 1999Features: appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Keywords: Politics;Debt
Subject(s): BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, Politics / Debt, Politics;Debt, Economics, Political Science, Alberta History
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Robert Ascah. Robert L. Ascah is now Senior Vice-President, Policy and Strategic Planning, with Alberta Treasury Branches. His interest in public finance began when he was a junior auditor with the Auditor General of Canada, and continued through his doctoral work.
"[ Robert Ascah's] account of this period helps us to see how the economics and politics of government and debt shaped the development of our country and brought us to where we are today." -Paul Boothe, from the Foreword
Robert Ascah. Robert L. Ascah is now Senior Vice-President, Policy and Strategic Planning, with Alberta Treasury Branches. His interest in public finance began when he was a junior auditor with the Auditor General of Canada, and continued through his doctoral work.
"[ Robert Ascah's] account of this period helps us to see how the economics and politics of government and debt shaped the development of our country and brought us to where we are today." -Paul Boothe, from the Foreword
