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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 10/19/25 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 10/19/25

The Reign of the Greenback

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 4/1/25 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 4/1/25

The Golden Road Out of the Debt Crisis

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Media quotes Shoshana Weissmann 2/12/25 Media quotes Shoshana Weissmann 2/12/25

Countries Don’t Go Broke. Governments Do.

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Policy papers and research Alex J Pollock 11/20/23 Policy papers and research Alex J Pollock 11/20/23

Common Fallacies in the 2023 Debt-Ceiling Debates

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Media quotes Alex J Pollock 5/31/23 Media quotes Alex J Pollock 5/31/23

How much would debt default damage US? History offers clues.

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 5/31/23 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 5/31/23

The debt ceiling debates are tainted by these common fallacies

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 4/28/23 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 4/28/23

A Frightening Solution to the Debt Ceiling Crunch

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 4/11/23 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 4/11/23

Could the Treasury selectively default on the Fed’s debt?

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Media quotes Alex J Pollock 3/7/23 Media quotes Alex J Pollock 3/7/23

WRAL: Fact check: Has the U.S. ever defaulted on its debt?

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Blogs Alex J Pollock 2/26/23 Blogs Alex J Pollock 2/26/23

The Government Debt Ceiling: What Did Eisenhower Do?

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Event videos Alex J Pollock 2/18/23 Event videos Alex J Pollock 2/18/23

Empire Salon | Alex Pollock & Howard Adler

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Letters to the editor Alex J Pollock 2/12/23 Letters to the editor Alex J Pollock 2/12/23

Letter: A piece that displayed that iron law of finance

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 1/25/23 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 1/25/23

How to pay all of the Treasury’s bills without raising the debt limit

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Media quotes Alex J Pollock 1/13/23 Media quotes Alex J Pollock 1/13/23

A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history?

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Media quotes Alex J Pollock 11/19/21 Media quotes Alex J Pollock 11/19/21

No, the United States Has Not Always Paid Its Debts

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Media quotes Alex J Pollock 10/11/21 Media quotes Alex J Pollock 10/11/21

No More Debt Ceiling Increases: Let the Federal Government Default

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 10/7/21 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 10/7/21

The US has never defaulted on its debt — except the four times it did

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 3/22/21 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 3/22/21

The Many Faces of Government Default

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Op-eds Alex J Pollock 10/10/19 Op-eds Alex J Pollock 10/10/19

Actually, Sovereigns Do Go Broke

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Policy papers and research Alex J Pollock 10/9/18 Policy papers and research Alex J Pollock 10/9/18

Government Debt: A Quiz

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