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The Ridiculous Drama in Rome Over Proposals to Reform the ESM Treaty

As of this writing in December 2019, a remarkable debate over sovereign debt contract clauses is going on in Rome, in the Italian parliament (see here and ...

10 December 2019

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How Credible are Rules Requiring Sovereign States to Give Super-Priority to the Public Debt?

Some years ago, when the US was about to hit its legally-prescribed debt ceiling and potentially default, a group of legislators had an idea. They proposed that if the government...

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Mark Weidemaier

Gracie Willingham

A New Way to Impose Financial Sanctions on Dictators

An age-old question in international finance is that of what happens to a despotic government’s debts when the despots are vanquished and the good guys take over. Do the good...

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