Este libro pretende acercar el gasto público al debate sobre la construcción de los estados modernos. La obtención de fondos para apoyar Ejército y Armada fue el principal deseo del estado mercantilista preindustrial. Solo el estado contratista es lo suficientemente fuerte para cubrir la demanda militar de hombres, equipos, armas y alimentos; lo que supone una gran oportunidad para los sectores económicos que se movilizaron para satisfacer la demanda pública y conseguir sus propios objetivos.
Getting founds to support the army and the navy expenditure was the main wish of preindustrial mercantilist states. nor only in war period but also during peaceful times, the military expenses are main part of the national budget. therefore the more efficient countries are those capable to keep higher levers of expenditure. Finally, only the
"Contractor State" is strong enough to cover the military demand of men, equipment, arms and food. This activity means and incredible source of oppotunities for national and international economical sectors, public and private, which mobilized in to satisfy the public demand and to get their own objectives at the same time. This book aims to bring state expenditure into the debate over the construction of modernstates.