JUDGE KNOT

In recent decades, international legal constraints have shifted far beyond the national border. International lenders', structural adjustment programs require states to slash budgets, privatize public enterprises and cut pensions. Trade agreements have shifted from locking in low tariffs to forbidding policies that today',s rich countries used to climb up the developmental ladder. This suite of neoliberal policies has been labeled the ",golden straitjacket", for their supposed promise of unlocking economic growth. [NP] ',Judge Knot', explores a corollary to the straitjacket