Why not default?: The political economy of sovereign debt
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Sovereign Debt Puzzle -- PART I. THE THEORY OF SOVEREIGN DEBT -- CHAPTER 1. Why Do Countries Repay Their Debts? -- CHAPTER 2. A Critical Political Economy Approach -- CHAPTER 3. The Structural Power of Finance -- CHAPTER 4. Three Enforcement Mechanisms -- PART II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOVEREIGN DEFAULT -- CHAPTER 5. The Making of the Indebted State -- CHAPTER 6. The Internationalization of Finance -- CHAPTER 7. From Great Depression to Financial Repression -- PART III. THE LOST DECADE: MEXICO (1982-1989) -- CHAPTER 8. Syndicated Lending and the Creditors' Cartel -- CHAPTER 9. The IMF's "Triumphant Return" in the 1980s -- CHAPTER 10. The Rise of the Bankers' Alliance -- CHAPTER 11. "The Rich Got the Loans, the Poor Got the Debts" -- PART IV. THE GREAT DEFAULT: ARGENTINA (1999-2005) -- CHAPTER 12. The Exception That Proves the Rule -- CHAPTER 13. From IMF Poster Child to Wayward Student -- CHAPTER 14. The Rise and Fall of the Patria Financiera -- CHAPTER 15. "Even in a Default There Is Money to Be Made" -- PART V. THE SPECTER OF SOLON: GREECE (2010-2015) -- CHAPTER 16. The Power of Finance in the Eurozone -- CHAPTER 17. Anatomy of a "Holding Operation" -- CHAPTER 18. The Establishment Digs In -- CHAPTER 19. The Socialization of Greece's Debt -- CHAPTER 20. The Defeat of the Athens Spring -- Conclusion. Shaking Off the Burden -- Appendix. A Word on Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Index