Layna Mosley
@laynamosley.bsky.social
Political economy of finance; supply chains & worker rights; Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab. @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
Co-editor of International Organization. Recovering trail runner, very amateur rower. https://laynamosley.scholar.princeton.edu/
Co-editor of International Organization. Recovering trail runner, very amateur rower. https://laynamosley.scholar.princeton.edu/
Domestic politics of debt crises/restructuring:
-Blame predecessors for high debt burden (hidden debt revelations make this effective).
-Avoid IMF program & conditions.
-Hold out for an improvement in debt servicing capacity, perhaps through resource revenues or taxation.
on.ft.com/3JERoii
-Blame predecessors for high debt burden (hidden debt revelations make this effective).
-Avoid IMF program & conditions.
-Hold out for an improvement in debt servicing capacity, perhaps through resource revenues or taxation.
on.ft.com/3JERoii
Senegal’s foreign bonds plunge as government rules out restructuring
West African nation has become a test of IMF’s ability to deal with hidden debt and secure relief from creditors to support bailouts
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Domestic politics of debt crises/restructuring:
-Blame predecessors for high debt burden (hidden debt revelations make this effective).
-Avoid IMF program & conditions.
-Hold out for an improvement in debt servicing capacity, perhaps through resource revenues or taxation.
on.ft.com/3JERoii
-Blame predecessors for high debt burden (hidden debt revelations make this effective).
-Avoid IMF program & conditions.
-Hold out for an improvement in debt servicing capacity, perhaps through resource revenues or taxation.
on.ft.com/3JERoii
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42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
But we were assured that the foreigners would pay for the tariffs.
The U.S. is experiencing its highest wave of layoffs since 2020, with close to a million workers losing their jobs this year.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
But we were assured that the foreigners would pay for the tariffs.
I must finish making dinner.
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I must finish making dinner.
Manels are so last century.
(Then again....)
(Then again....)
October 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Manels are so last century.
(Then again....)
(Then again....)
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The text of the 1987 Reagan speech on tariffs:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
He'd just imposed some retaliatory tariffs against Japan, over semiconductors, so there's a definite "fair but free" angle here.
But also a claim that tariffs are of limited use as a foreign policy tool [1/3]
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
He'd just imposed some retaliatory tariffs against Japan, over semiconductors, so there's a definite "fair but free" angle here.
But also a claim that tariffs are of limited use as a foreign policy tool [1/3]
Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade
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www.reaganlibrary.gov
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The text of the 1987 Reagan speech on tariffs:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
He'd just imposed some retaliatory tariffs against Japan, over semiconductors, so there's a definite "fair but free" angle here.
But also a claim that tariffs are of limited use as a foreign policy tool [1/3]
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
He'd just imposed some retaliatory tariffs against Japan, over semiconductors, so there's a definite "fair but free" angle here.
But also a claim that tariffs are of limited use as a foreign policy tool [1/3]
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Read every single word of this from @edwardluce.bsky.social. Should be a gift link. on.ft.com/4qnOCyk The Trump Supremacy
The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Read every single word of this from @edwardluce.bsky.social. Should be a gift link. on.ft.com/4qnOCyk The Trump Supremacy
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Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social speaks with @NPR on tariffs impact on Diwali celebrations in the US.
www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...
Tariffs on Indian goods make Diwali celebrations in U.S. more expensive this year
Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated around the world Monday, but steep tariffs on Indian goods made preparing for the holiday more costly for people living in the U.S.
www.npr.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social speaks with @NPR on tariffs impact on Diwali celebrations in the US.
www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...
Still not too old to not take stationery from IOs.
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Still not too old to not take stationery from IOs.
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Goodbye, #DebtCon8 … until we meet again, because that’s what #DebtCon is about @georgetownlaw.bsky.social @publicdebtispublic.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @upanizza.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Goodbye, #DebtCon8 … until we meet again, because that’s what #DebtCon is about @georgetownlaw.bsky.social @publicdebtispublic.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @upanizza.bsky.social
It's the most wonderful time of the year....for debt geeks. @agelpern.bsky.social @upanizza.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social and I are so excited to welcome folks to DebtCon8!
web.cvent.com/event/005168...
web.cvent.com/event/005168...
DebtCon 8.
2025 Advanced eDiscovery Institute
web.cvent.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year....for debt geeks. @agelpern.bsky.social @upanizza.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social and I are so excited to welcome folks to DebtCon8!
web.cvent.com/event/005168...
web.cvent.com/event/005168...
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@upanizza.bsky.social #DebtCon8 is real & it’s 1glorious #DebtCon 3days 75papers 15panels 11 RTs 99speakers fr 6continents +10^6 #sovereigndebt acronyms eg #PSI #DSA #PCS #PDIP & #OMG aka #Argentina @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @robinwigglesworth.ft.com @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@upanizza.bsky.social #DebtCon8 is real & it’s 1glorious #DebtCon 3days 75papers 15panels 11 RTs 99speakers fr 6continents +10^6 #sovereigndebt acronyms eg #PSI #DSA #PCS #PDIP & #OMG aka #Argentina @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @robinwigglesworth.ft.com @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
Applications for the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance's postdoctoral fellowship program for 2026-2027 are due Monday, October 13.
Details here: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...
Details here: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...
Application for Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance - Postdoctoral Research Associate
www.princeton.edu
October 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Applications for the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance's postdoctoral fellowship program for 2026-2027 are due Monday, October 13.
Details here: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...
Details here: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...
Maybe it's less impressive to issue debt at just over US rates, given that the US has become (or should become?) a riskier place?
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September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Maybe it's less impressive to issue debt at just over US rates, given that the US has become (or should become?) a riskier place?
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Foreign (kitchen) cabinets are a threat to US national security. Of course they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
Trump Will Slap Tariffs on Imported Drugs, Trucks and Household Furnishings
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Foreign (kitchen) cabinets are a threat to US national security. Of course they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
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Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
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A 9-member superlegislature, imposing its political preferences, totally detached from the law, constitution, precedent, & plain meaning of words, just as the Founders intended.
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A 9-member superlegislature, imposing its political preferences, totally detached from the law, constitution, precedent, & plain meaning of words, just as the Founders intended.
I suppose it's good that these investors are describing tariffs as a tax (or, at least, a source of revenue), but do they really expect that the revenue will do much to reduce US borrowing requirements and overall debt? [1/n]
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Bond investors count on Trump tariff revenues to rein in US debt
President’s levies now seen as a way to offset tax cuts and keep a lid on government borrowing
on.ft.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I suppose it's good that these investors are describing tariffs as a tax (or, at least, a source of revenue), but do they really expect that the revenue will do much to reduce US borrowing requirements and overall debt? [1/n]
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The bond market vigilantes aren't going to save us, version 342.
"Eighty-two per cent of the participants in the FT poll are convinced that financial markets have so far priced in the White House’s interventions on the Fed only partially or marginally..."
on.ft.com/464lZwU
"Eighty-two per cent of the participants in the FT poll are convinced that financial markets have so far priced in the White House’s interventions on the Fed only partially or marginally..."
on.ft.com/464lZwU
Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The bond market vigilantes aren't going to save us, version 342.
"Eighty-two per cent of the participants in the FT poll are convinced that financial markets have so far priced in the White House’s interventions on the Fed only partially or marginally..."
on.ft.com/464lZwU
"Eighty-two per cent of the participants in the FT poll are convinced that financial markets have so far priced in the White House’s interventions on the Fed only partially or marginally..."
on.ft.com/464lZwU
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Go ahead, make my day Mr. Trump
We @democracydefendersfund.org immediately sued you & got an injunction on your 1st voting EO
We will do the same here if you try it again
The Constitution gives this authority to the states & Congress, not you!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
We @democracydefendersfund.org immediately sued you & got an injunction on your 1st voting EO
We will do the same here if you try it again
The Constitution gives this authority to the states & Congress, not you!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Go ahead, make my day Mr. Trump
We @democracydefendersfund.org immediately sued you & got an injunction on your 1st voting EO
We will do the same here if you try it again
The Constitution gives this authority to the states & Congress, not you!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
We @democracydefendersfund.org immediately sued you & got an injunction on your 1st voting EO
We will do the same here if you try it again
The Constitution gives this authority to the states & Congress, not you!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
The bond market vigilantes are (yet again) not going to save US democracy. @robinwigglesworth.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/b7d4...
www.ft.com/content/b7d4...
Pray for the US Treasury market
Thank you for your attention to this matter
www.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The bond market vigilantes are (yet again) not going to save US democracy. @robinwigglesworth.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/b7d4...
www.ft.com/content/b7d4...
Institutional investors describing this as exemplifying "fiscal dominance risk" seems less accurate than "another example of an authoritarian act to undermine institutions, plus racism and misogyny."
Sure, governments care more about borrowing costs as debt increases, but...
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Sure, governments care more about borrowing costs as debt increases, but...
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US long-term debt sells off after Trump’s attempted firing of Fed governor
Gap between long-term and short-term borrowing costs is close to its widest for three years
on.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Institutional investors describing this as exemplifying "fiscal dominance risk" seems less accurate than "another example of an authoritarian act to undermine institutions, plus racism and misogyny."
Sure, governments care more about borrowing costs as debt increases, but...
on.ft.com/4fUW4fC
Sure, governments care more about borrowing costs as debt increases, but...
on.ft.com/4fUW4fC
If only the Senate cared about Fed officials having any grasp on reality…
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
August 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If only the Senate cared about Fed officials having any grasp on reality…
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...