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Money And The Public Debt: Treasury Market Liquidity As A Legal Phenomenon, Lev Menand, Joshua Younger
Money And The Public Debt: Treasury Market Liquidity As A Legal Phenomenon, Lev Menand, Joshua Younger
Faculty Scholarship
The market for U.S. government debt (Treasuries) forms the bedrock of the global financial system. The ability of investors to sell Treasuries quickly, cheaply, and at scale has led to an assumption, in many places enshrined in law, that Treasuries are nearly equivalent to cash. Yet in recent years Treasury market liquidity has evaporated on several occasions and, in 2020, the market’s near collapse led to the most aggressive central bank intervention in history.
This Article pieces together what went wrong and offers a new account of the relationship between money issue and debt issue as mechanisms of public finance. …
Passive Exit, Joshua Mitts
Passive Exit, Joshua Mitts
Faculty Scholarship
In recent years, securities lending — making shares available for borrowing by short sellers who “sell first and buy later” — has been an object of increasing regulatory attention. Securities lending is linked to the growth of passive investing because large, buy-and-hold passive investors are among the largest lenders of portfolio securities. But relatively little is understood about the relationship between securities lending and passive investing. In this Article, I show how securities lending allows passive investors to generate revenue from a decline in the value of their investment portfolios in addition to borrowing fees determined by demand from the …
The Logic And Limits Of The Federal Reserve Act, Lev Menand
The Logic And Limits Of The Federal Reserve Act, Lev Menand
Faculty Scholarship
The Federal Reserve is a monetary authority subject to minimal executive and judicial oversight. It also has the power to create money, which permits it to disburse funds without drawing on the U.S. Treasury. Since 2008, it has leveraged this power to an unprecedented extent. It has rescued teetering financial conglomerates, purchased trillions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities, and opened numerous ad hoc lending facilities to support ordinary businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities.
This Article identifies the causes and consequences of the Federal Reserve's expanded footprint by recovering the logic and limits of its enabling act. It argues that to understand …
Financial Inclusion, Cryptocurrency, And Afrofuturism, Lynnise E. Pantin
Financial Inclusion, Cryptocurrency, And Afrofuturism, Lynnise E. Pantin
Faculty Scholarship
As a community, Black people consistently face barriers to full participation in traditional financial markets. The decentralized nature of the cryptocurrency market is attractive to a community that has been historically and systematically excluded from the traditional financial markets by both private and public actors. As new entrants to any type of financial market, Black people have increasingly embraced blockchain technology and cryptocurrency as a path towards the wealth-building opportunities and financial freedom they have been denied in traditional markets. This Article analyzes whether the technology’s decentralized system will lead to financial inclusion or increased financial exclusion. Without reconciling the …