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    • British finance of the war 

      Oldham, C.H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)
      My desire is to ascertain how the United Kingdom is financing this war; how is the money being found for the vast expenditure which is necessary; how much is being found by loans, and how much by taxation; and of the ...
    • The economic interests involved in the present war 

      Oldham, C.H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1915)
      Adam Smith, in his final chapter, treats of Public Debts; he points out why the sudden and great expenditure on warfare is always met by borrowing instead of by increased taxation: "By means of borrowing," he says, ...
    • The finance of the war 

      Thompson, Newman (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      This paper naturally divides itself into three sections:? (1) The financial steps taken at the outbreak of war; (2) The methods by which the expenditure of the war have been met; and (3) Some observations upon the facts ...
    • On the best means of raising the supplies for a war expenditure 

      Cairnes, John E. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1854)
      The question respecting the raising of the supplies for a war expenditure, by what means they can be most efficiently obtained, and with the least inconvenience to the community, has been of late years allowed to fall ...