Why Not Default? : : The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt / / Jerome E. Roos.

How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries-and the dangers this poses to democracyThe European debt crisis has rekindled long-standing debates about the power of finance and the fraught relationship between capitalism and democracy in a globalized world. Why Not...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. The Sovereign Debt Puzzle
  • PART I. The Theory of Sovereign Debt
  • PART II. A Brief History of Sovereign Default
  • PART III. The Lost Decade: Mexico (1982-1989)
  • PART IV. The Great Default: Argentina (1999-2005)
  • PART V. The Specter of Solon: Greece (2010-2015)
  • CONCLUSION. Shaking Off the Burden
  • APPENDIX. A Word on Methodology
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX