In 2001 Argentina defaulted on $100 billion in bonds. The subsequent debt restructuring and a decade of litigation with holdout creditors show the complex interplay between financial markets, governments, the IMF, the press, and the courts. Join Paola Subacchi and Gregory Makoff as they discuss the economic, legal, political, and institutional questions that arise when a country defaults on its debt. Guest: Gregory Makoff is a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy Schooland an expert on sovereign debt. He is the author of Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring (https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Default) (2024). Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to DebtTalks, the podcast of SciencesPo Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance, hosted by Paola Subacchi. Join Paola and Yannis Manuelides for the first episode of this series. In 2010 Greece’s debt was downgraded and this marked the beginning of a long debt crisis that brought Greece near collapse and undermined the financial stability of the Euro Area.  Guest: Yannis Manuelides is a London-based finance lawyer and consultant.  He was a partner at Allen& Overy’s London office for over 23 years where he headed the firm’s sovereign debt practice. Yannis led the legal team which acted for the Steering Committee of Private Creditors of Greece on Greece's EUR206bn debt restructuring (PSI).   🔗 Chair in Sovereign Debt and finance website Link (https://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/sovereign-debt/) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.