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Public Debt and J.S. Mill’s Conjecture: A Note

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Classical economists mainly Smith, Ricardo and J.S. Mill abhorred public debts because of their interference with capital accumulation. J.S. Mill in particular argued that a rising public debt leads to higher interest rates and falling real wages, a combination which may be consistent with a mildly increasing trend in the profit rate.

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  • Lefteris Tsoulfidis, 2012. "Public Debt and J.S. Mill’s Conjecture: A Note," Discussion Paper Series 2012_03, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, revised Feb 2012.
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    3. Tsoulfidis, Lefteris, 2017. "Ricardo’s Theory of Value is Alive and Well in Contemporary Capitalism," MPRA Paper 96491, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 11 Oct 2019.

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    Keywords

    Classical economists; Public Debt; J.S. Mill; Ricardian Equivalence.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
    • B13 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian)
    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist
    • B16 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Quantitative and Mathematical
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General

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