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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award, Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Roos has given us a thought-provoking book that will repay the investment of any reader with an interest in sovereign debt."
---Michael Reddell, Central Banking Journal"[A] fresh and painstakingly researched approach that raises vital questions for economists, political scientists and policymakers."
---Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, LSE Review of Books"[A] timely and thoroughly researched book—destined to become an obligatory reference in the field."
---Veronica Santarosa, Journal of Economic History"[I've] been reading
Why Not Default? at an excruciating pace for the best reason: every page or so I get inspired some subtheme or footnote and go off chasing it down."
---Quinn Slobodian"Roos makes a powerful and provocative argument." * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *
"A fantastic contribution to the growing literature on sovereign debt. . . .
Why Not Default? will be a mandatory reference for scholars working on financialization, debt, and structural power."
---José Tomás Labarca, Finance and Society"[
Why Not Default?] does a great service . . . by synthesizing a huge amount of detailed information about these crises in one place, and by clarifying the interlocking effects of a host of social, economic and political changes over the past century."
---Shaina Potts, Antipode
