Tired of all the sovereign debt reform drama? Here’s an alternative: open.substack.com/pub/gregorym...
Gregory Makoff
@gmakoff.bsky.social
Author of Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
Project 2025 up in Smoke as Trump Goes Big Government in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/gregorym...
Project 2025 up in Smoke as Trump Goes Big Government in 2026
Milton Friedman is Spinning in His Grave while Trump Does the Populist Twist
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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 open.substack.com/pub/gregorym...
Hurricane in Jamaica: The Government Did Everything Right, But the People Still Need Help
November 4, 2025
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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...
Book Review: Default: The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
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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”
Check out my newsletter for occasional commentary on sovereign debt and related topics! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump at the Fed: Mark This Moment
August 4, 2025
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My thoughts on Milei, Trump, Musk, and Chainsaws: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Bad Plan to Make America Argentina Again
It was no surprise to Argentina watchers that Trump began his term by blocking cash flows and firing workers — exactly as Javier Milei’s government started doing a year ago.
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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 www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...
Sovereign Debt Restructuring with China at the Table: Forward Progress but Lost Decade Risk Remains
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Speak Swedish? Everything you ever wanted to know about Argentina, default, and Milei, but were afraid to ask. A very fun chat with Gunnar Harrius. www.di.se/podcast/den-...
Den nya ekonomin
Med berättelser från gränslandet mellan ekonomi, teknik och samhälle låter Gunnar Harrius näringslivet, forskare och Dagens industris bästa reportrar utforska den nya ekonomin.
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Hi, new Bluesky friends! Interested in Argentina, debt, default, and Javier Milei? Check out this lengthy, but fun conversation just out on CSI Chat podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
#24 - Gregory Makoff
Podcast Episode · CSI Chat · 01/07/2025 · 1h 37m
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IMF to Review $44 Billion Argentina Loan in Key Step Toward New Deal Getting warmer…
Christmas comes early! “Required Reading.” www.centralbanking.com/central-bank...
Book notes: Default: the landmark court battle over Argentina’s $100 billion debt restructuring, by Gregory Makoff - Central Banking
Required reading amid current high sovereign debt, global tensions and the urgent need for climate finance
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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.
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.
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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!
Outside my library window today in downtown Manhattan.
New piece out on US debt risks, Milei, Trump, and Musk. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/moneyins...
Trump, Musk, and Milei
My Hopes for Mar-a-Lago
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