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but were substantially less than government expenditures during wars
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* In France, even in peace time, tax revenues were substantially less than government expenditures
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```{code-cell} ipython3
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figure:
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caption: "Military Spending in Britain and France"
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caption: Military Spending in Britain and France
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name: fr_fig4
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# Read the data from Excel file
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A remarkable aspect of figure {numref}`fr_fig4` is that despite having a population less than half of France's, Britain was able to finance military expenses of about the same amounts as France's.
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This testifies to Britain's having created state institutions that could sustain high tax collections, government spending , and government borrowing. See {cite}`north1989`.
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This testifies to Britain's having created state institutions that could sustain high tax collections, government spending , and government borrowing. See {cite}`north1989`.
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```{code-cell} ipython3
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mystnb:
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figure:
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caption: "Government Expenditures and Tax Revenues in Britain"
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caption: Government Expenditures and Tax Revenues in Britain
Figures {numref}`fr_fig2` and {numref}`fr_fig3` summarize British and French government fiscal policies during the century before the start of the French Revolution in 1789.
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caption: "Ratio of debt service to taxes, Britain and France"
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caption: Ratio of debt service to taxes, Britain and France
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But as we'll see in our next graph, on the eve of the French Revolution in 1788, the fiscal *law of gravity* that worked so well in Britain did not working very well in France.
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