What lessons can we learn from 200 years of public debt?

Debt has a long and varied history. Image: REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Barry Eichengreen
Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Asmaa El-Ganainy
Deputy Division Chief, Institute for Capacity Development (European and Middle Eastern Division), IMF
Rui Esteves
Associate Professor of International History, Graduate Institute Geneva
Kris James Mitchener
Professor, Santa Clara University

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