# Debt and Politics Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/debttalks-7055210/debt-and-politics Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/debttalks-7055210/debt-and-politics.md Podcast: [DebtTalks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/debttalks-7055210) Published: 2025-11-19T06:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.ausha.co/debttalks/debt-and-politics Audio file: https://audio.ausha.co/z5MAGhRjY3AW.mp3?t=1763541883 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/debttalks-7055210/episodes/debt-and-politics Duration seconds: 2467 ## Resource This episode features political scientists Layna Mosley and Peter Rosendorff in conversation with Paola Subacchi about the domestic and international politics that surround sovereign finance. Since politics plays a crucial role in development finance, the discussion focus on how domestic politics affects access to credit, how governments manage and repay debt, and how political considerations influence the operations of multilateral financial institutions. Hosts & Guests Paola Subacchi is Professor and Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance at Sciences Po, and Professor of Political Economy of Europe at the University of Bologna. She is also a partner at Essential Economics, a London-based consultancy that advises governments, international organisations, and private companies. From 2019 to 2024 she was at Queen Mary University of London, where she helped establish the Queen Mary Global Policy Institute. Previously, she directed the International Economics Research Department at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. Layna Mosley is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton Affairs, serving as the Interim Director of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and Associate Chair of the Department of Politics. She also co-founded the Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab. Peter Rosendorff is Professor of Politics at New York University where he serves as the Director of the NYU Sovereign Debt Network. He is also the Director of Research at the Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab. Professor Rosendorff is a current member of the editorial team at the International Organization journal and was the previous editor of Economics and Politics. In addition, he currently sits on the editorial board of the American Journal of Po… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/debttalks-7055210/episodes/debt-and-politics/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/debttalks-7055210/debt-and-politics.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.