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Ep 181 - Are Sanctions on Venezuela Still Justified?

14 سپتامبر 2026

Are Sanctions on Venezuela Still Justified? The United States has had sanctions on Venezuela for many years now. The Executive Branch has broad authority to impose sanctions on foreign nations. Basically, there has to be a perception of some foreign threat to the security of the United States. B…

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Ep 180 - Bonds Yields and Elections (ft. Layna Mosley)

31 اوت 2026

Bonds Yields and Elections November is not that far away and the rates of U.S. Treasuries are rising. The Treasury Secretary is trying various strategies (perhaps, with November in mind) to juice the markets and get rates down, but they are not working all that well. What’s going on? What is the…

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Ep 179 - Ethiopia’s Value Recovery Instruments

3 اوت 2026

Ethiopia’s Value Recovery Instruments Value recovery instruments are a great idea in theory and a disaster in practice. The idea is to let investors share in the upside of a country’s recovery. But governments rarely want to pay and the instruments quickly migrate into the hands of investors with …

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Ep 178 - $240 Billion?!

13 ژوئیه 2026

$240 Billion?! Venezuela's debt is purportedly $240 billion, larger than previous estimates by far. What gives? Is this a way to signal to investors that they should be prepared to take larger-than-expected haircuts? Or, maybe more likely, a signal that favored creditors — insiders? oil majors? — …

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Ep 177 - Is it Finally Time to Restructure Venezuela’s Debt?

15 ژوئن 2026

Is it Finally Time to Restructure Venezuela’s Debt? Ever since Venezuela was allowed to hire advisors on its debt restructuring, rumors have been swirling about whether the restructuring might be attempted even before an IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis. Such a scenario is plausible, given the cu…

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Ep 176 - 1917 Tsarist Bonds

1 ژوئن 2026

1917 Tsarist Bonds We know we promised to talk about Venezuela. But we got distracted by a filing in the district courts in DC. A claim for payment on Tsarist bonds from 1917, being made in 2026. How could we pass that up? We also confess to being intrigued that the lawyers for Russia have asked…

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Ep 175 - The Most Amazing Revolution

18 مه 2026

The Most Amazing Revolution In spring 1917, the United States government lent money to the new Provisional Government in Russia, which had promised both domestic reform and to maintain the fight against Germany. Within a few short months, the Bolsheviks took over and repudiated all prior internati…

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Ep 174 - Something Black in the Lentils

11 مه 2026

Something Black in the Lentils: We are back with our favorite type of podcast — speculation about legal implications built around facts that are constructed entirely from rumor and innuendo. Weird stuff is going on with the Senegalese yield curve. And we wonder whether the weirdness might relate …

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Ep 173 - Foreign Civil War Entanglements

27 آوریل 2026

Foreign Civil War Entanglements Over the years, the U.S. has supported the losing side in numerous foreign civil wars. It has emerged from these entanglements as both a debtor and a creditor. In each case, the U.S. government's formal position has been clear: the post-civil war government succeeds…

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