These notes are transcribed from a commentary on a paper by Sean Starrs, titled 'State and Capital: False Dichotomy But … Still Inter-Related'. Both the paper and the commentary were presented as part of an integrated panel series on 'Capital as … Starrs claims that we need to discard our notion of the 'state of capital'. The gist of his argument is simple enough …

Who are the dominant owners of US public debt? Is it widely held, or concentrated in the hands of a few? Does ownership … of public debt give these bondholders power over our government? What do we make of the fact that foreign-owned debt has … ballooned to nearly 50 percent today? Until now, we have not had any satisfactory answers to these questions. Public Debt …

This dissertation offers the first comprehensive historical examination of the political economy of US public debt … ownership. Specifically, the study addresses the following questions: Who owns the US public debt? Is the distribution of … payments on the public debt? Does this mean that the public debt redistributes income from taxpayers to public creditors? Who …

capital-theoretical approach to address these important issues. In what follows, we will discuss some of the more critical …

accumulated during the boom has led to a sharp economic contraction. Capital inflows came to a halt in late 2008 and reversed in …

. The Bank of Lithuania’s measures in recent years to strengthen banks’ capital bases and encourage strong risk …