Tag: government shutdown

• Planet Money: The obscure pool of money the US used to bail out Argentina

  November 15, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/CeEX49t Last month, during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States had offered to functionally loan Argentina $20 billion. Despite… more ›

• Ones and Tooze: The U.S. Government Shutdown

  October 11, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/abeoLUp Government shutdowns are one of the peculiarities of the U.S. budgetary system. Once again, the two parties have failed to agree on the government’s discretionary spending. Adam and… more ›