Public Net Worth: Accounting - Government - Democracy - Hardcoverby Ian Ball (Author), Willem Buiter (Author), John Crompton (Author) As individuals, we depend on the services that governments provide. Collectively, we look to them to tackle the big problems from long term climate and demographic change to short term crises like pandemics or war. Funding this activity, and managing the required finances sustainably, is difficult and getting more so. But governments don't provide or use basic financial information