We often hear that Valencians suffer from fiscal deficit. But do we really know what that means? Is it a chronic illness or is there a cure for it? And, mainly, how transcendent is it for citizens? With a clearly disseminative will, this economist explains, in a very comprehensible way, the current situation of Valencian public finances. But, added to the analysis and the critic, ‘El finançament valencià, de la submissió al canvi necessari’ offers possible guidelines to put an end to the serious financing situation. A lecture-debate to try to understand how Valencian citizens have come to be the Autonomous Community with the highest debt in Spain.