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Public debt, government debt, and national debt refer to the total financial liabilities owed by the state.
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Public debt, government debt, and national debt are widely recognized in economic literature and reference works as synonymous terms denoting the total financial liabilities owed by a government sector.

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Wikipedia: Government debt
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Economy and Sociology: STATE DEBT: A CONCEPTUAL TREATMENT
2014 · cited by 0
Explicitly states government debt is also known as public debt and national debt, referring to debt owed by a central government.
OpenAIRE: STATE DEBT: A CONCEPTUAL TREATMENT
2014 · cited by 0
Identical text to item 4, confirming government debt is known as public debt and national debt.
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  1. Wikipedia: Government debtreferencesupports
  2. Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/National Debtreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Wikisource: Treaty of Trianon/Part 9referenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Wikisource: Popular Science Monthly/Volume 27/August 1885/The Future of National Bankingreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Economy and Sociology: STATE DEBT: A CONCEPTUAL TREATMENTpeer-reviewedsupports
  6. OpenAIRE: STATE DEBT: A CONCEPTUAL TREATMENTpeer-reviewedsupports
  7. OpenAIRE: The Nature of Fiscal Policypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. OpenAIRE: ASPECTS REGARDING PUBLIC DEBT IN ROMANIApeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. OpenAIRE: THE GROWTH OF THE CANADIAN FEDERAL DEBT SINCE CONFEDERATION, 1867-1949peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. OpenAIRE: Artificial Intelligence-based Analysis of Change in Public Finance between US and International Marketspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. OpenAIRE: INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS FACTORS OF UKRAINEpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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