Clearing the Air on the Debt Limit: Platinum Coins, the Fourteenth Amendment, and More
As Congress considers how to reconcile rising federal debt levels and the debt limit, discussions about the role of the debt limit among Members of Congress, researchers, and the media promise to beco...
Federal Support for the Municipal Bond Markets
Introduction
Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by state, city, county, and other nonfederal government agencies to pay for capital projects, such as highways, airports, sewers, bridges, schoo...