The National Debt

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. PREFACE
6. CONTENTS
7. CHAP.
   1. I THE ORIGIN OF THE DEBT
   2. II THE SINKING FUND
   3. III CONSOLIDATION. THE ORIGIN OF THE STOCKS
   4. IV THE SEVEN YEARS WAR AND THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
   5. V EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VIEWS ON THE DEBT
   6. VI THE REVIVAL OF THE SINKING FUND
   7. VII THE WAR WITH FRANCE—I
   8. VIII THE WAR WITH FRANCE—II
   9. IX THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SINKING FUND
   10. X 1830–60
   11. XI TERMINABLE ANNUITIES
   12. XII TWO AND A HALF PER CENT.
   13. XIII WAR AND POST-WAR BORROWINGS
   14. XIV THE PROBLEM OF REPAYMENT
8. TABLES
9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
10. INDEX