S2E7: Colonialsim and Wealth Extraction: Puerto Rico after Maria

EPISODE 7: COLONIALISM AND WEALTH EXTRACTION: PUERTO RICO AFTER MARIA

Evaluz Cotto Quijano, Associate Professor in the Department of Finance

UChicago Initiative to support students, scholars, and artists affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria

 “How the Triple Tax Exemption on Puerto Rico’s Bonds Financed Its Territorial Status-and Helped Spark Its Debt Crisis” (Pro-Market)

 The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROMESA