%0 Journal Article %1 199506 %A White, Eugene Nelson %D 1995 %I Economic History Association %J The Journal of Economic History %K Finance France HIST3718 Military_Machines %N 2 %P 227--255 %T The French Revolution and the Politics of Government Finance, 1770-1815 %U http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28199506%2955%3A2%3C227%3ATFRATP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 %V 55 %X Although largely neglected in most histories of the French Revolution, the central government's persistent budget deficit was a factor of paramount importance. The fiscal crisis inherited from the monarchy defied solution because of the war of attrition fought by economic interest groups. The struggle produced radical changes in macroeconomic policy to shift the burden of adjustment, altering the course of and prolonging the Revolution.

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