The International Institute of Public Finance, or IIPF, is a global organization of economists specializing in public finance. It was founded in Paris in 1937.
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“Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.”
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