Season 3 · Episode 15
S3 Ep15: How much do governments lend to each other in a crisis?
March 27, 202011m 12s
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Show Notes
In international crises, disasters and wars, private lenders disappear. But governments have stepped in and lent far more to each other than we previously thought. Christoph Trebesch tells Tim Phillips that new data on 200 years of official lending may contain unexpected good news for countries crippled by Covid-19.
Read 'Coping with disasters: Lessons from two centuries of international response' at VoxEU
Read 'Coping with disasters: Lessons from two centuries of international response' at VoxEU