Martin Guzman is an associate research scholar at Columbia University and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires. He is a co-chair of Columbia IPD’s Taskforce on Debt Restructuring and Sovereign Bankruptcy, and a member of the INET Research Group on “Macroeconomic Efficiency and Stability”. He holds a PhD in Economics from Brown University. His research fields are Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Economic Growth.
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Ending the Wild West of Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Clear rules and sound principles for debt restructuring would level the playing field between developing countries and creditors
The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
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Argentina’s Unseen Fragility

With growth fueled by an increase in debt, Argentina is facing an uncertain economic future, despite investors’ generally rosy view. The government of Mauricio Macri has options to address the country’s macroeconomic risks, but none of them will be free of tough choices.
Learning, Expectations, and the Financial Instability Hypothesis
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Pope Francis Joins Joe Stiglitz and Rob Johnson in Creating New Economic Thinking

INET Global Commission to collaborate with Pope Francis and Scholas Occurrentes on bringing the voices of young people into the economics profession
YSI North America Convening

On February 22-24, 2019, the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) will host its North America Convening in Los Angeles.
Puerto Rico Is Getting Squeezed, and It Will Cost All of Us

The path of austerity could spread economic pain and social woes far beyond the Caribbean island, says public debt expert Martin Guzman