Keynes Question

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sat May 12 19:08:43 PDT 2001



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>
>I believe that this is pretty close to the official position of
>Brad DeLong. Personally, I've always been in favour of default
>and let-the-chips-fall-where-they-may. Of course this is only
>a general philosophical opinion and should not be taken as
>specific advice to any sovereign or supranational body who
>might be considering default in a specific situation.
>
>dd

If you could move thing through bankruptcy proceedings quickly and quickly settle the losses where they are to ultimately fall, yes.

If not, then the socialization of losses seems the most pragmatic option...

Brad DeLong



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