Presentations: A Global Perspective on Fiscal Uncertainty: Is US Government Debt Different?
With US fiscal dysfunction and the threat of default likely to persist, the Peterson Institute held a panel discussion on October 23, 2013, to understand what is at stake. Anna Gelpern, PIIE senior fellow and professor at Georgetown Law School, presented a legal perspective on the uniqueness of US Treasuries and of US constitutional constraints. Franklin Allen, professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, discussed the likely prioritization of US federal spending... Читать дальше...