Hurricane in Jamaica: The Government Did Everything Right, But the People Still Need Help
November 4, 2025
Let's show our love for Jamaica. Please find attached a piece on the country's financial preparations. At the end, links to donate to:
- The Government of Jamaica
- Food for the Poor
- American Friends of Jamaica
- The Sandals Foundation
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04.11.2025 16:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Review: Default: The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
New Review!
"Default is a well-researched book that answers the question of what happens when a sovereign nation cannot pay its debts" - Cato Institute
www.cato.org/regulation/f...
22.09.2025 22:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
DEFAULT is now out in paperback!
Wall Street Journal—“Superb”
Literary Review—“Magnificent”
CFA Institute—“A thriller”
Foreign Affairs—“Illuminating”
Revista, “Powerful, exciting, and instructive”
FT—“Scrupulously fair”
America’s Quarterly—“Required reading”
02.09.2025 15:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump at the Fed: Mark This Moment
August 4, 2025
Check out my newsletter for occasional commentary on sovereign debt and related topics!
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04.08.2025 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thinking Fast & Slow! One of the most insightful books ever and an amazing read.
28.06.2025 18:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sovereign Debt Restructuring with China at the Table: Forward Progress but Lost Decade Risk Remains
Interested in what's changed in international sovereign debt restructuring since 2020? Check out a new paper on China's evolving role in international sovereign debt negotiations written with @theomaret.bsky.social and Logan Wright!
@harvardbizgov.bsky.social
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27.01.2025 18:07 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Cute!
15.01.2025 18:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#24 - Gregory Makoff
Podcast Episode · CSI Chat · 01/07/2025 · 1h 37m
Hi, new Bluesky friends!
Interested in Argentina, debt, default, and Javier Milei?
Check out this lengthy, but fun conversation just out on CSI Chat
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07.01.2025 15:08 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
IMF to Review $44 Billion Argentina Loan in Key Step Toward New Deal
Getting warmer…
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Four Things to Know About the Federal Death Penalty
The cases of those on death row highlight deep concerns about racial disparities, the fairness of the process, and the inhumanity of the punishment.
If Trump fulfills his promise to expand the federal death penalty, courts likely won’t do enough to protect the rights of those at the system’s mercy. President Biden has the power to stop potentially unjust executions — he should grant clemency to the 40 people on death row, starting now.
17.12.2024 22:01 — 👍 83 🔁 29 💬 4 📌 3
My three wishes for Christmas:
#1. World peace.
#2. The econ/policy world moves to Bluesky so I can quit X. @michaelpettis.bsky.social, @jasonfurman.bsky.social, @felixsalmon.com,
@robinwigglesworth.bsky.social. Yes!But where is Brad?
#3. All the Whos in Whoville get DEFAULT for Christmas!
15.12.2024 18:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’ve bought a banana from that guy. I ate it.
28.11.2024 04:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Huge red-tailed hawk
Outside my library window today in downtown Manhattan.
21.11.2024 01:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mine is beautiful: Thank you Georgetown University Press!
14.11.2024 13:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump, Musk, and Milei
My Hopes for Mar-a-Lago
New piece out on US debt risks, Milei, Trump, and Musk. Check it out!
open.substack.com/pub/moneyins...
14.11.2024 13:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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