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Author : Cameron Ballard-Rosa
Release Date : 13 August 2020
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Genre : Business & Economics
Pages : 208
ISBN 13 : 9781108836494

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Book Description: Politicians default on international debts to please key political supporters, depending on their capacity for voting or revolt.

Democracy Dictatorship and Default

Author : Cameron Ballard-Rosa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Genre : Business & Economics
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