We introduce a new suite of macroeconomic models that extend and complement the Debt, Investment, and Growth (DIG …'s properties by analyzing the growth, debt, and distributional consequences of big-push public investment programs with different … mixes of investment in human capital and infrastructure. We show that investment in human capital is much more effective …

Debt, Deficits and Exchange Rates presents recent work by Helmut Reisen on current international monetary problems in … relevance. The first part is concerned with the debt problems of developing countries, including the growth of domestic public … debt, means of hedging a country's debt portfolio against key currency fluctuations, evidence on the debt overhang …

world debt -- The world economic forum as a site of contestation -- Conclusion …