Navies and State Formation

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Jürgen G. Backhaus

The Schumpeter Hypothesis Revisited and Reflected

ISBN 978-3-643-90212-2
Band-Nr. 27
Jahr 2009
Seiten 384
Bindung broschiert
Reihe Wirtschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft

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Beschreibung

If the power to tax stems from the need to finance standing armies, as
Schumpeter claims, what about the more expensive navies? The answer
demonstrated in this book is that Schumpeter was right. We cannot document
a single case of a tax financed navy.

This work has been generously supported by the Kyriazis family foundation.