Hedge-fund manager Hans Hume, experienced with national debt and Argentina’s default, argues that the country needs to make a fresh start and fire the law firm that advised default was a good idea

The Argentine nightmare continues. Attempts by local institutions, then international banks, have failed to either prevent or end last month’s default by Argentina, its second in 13 years. The antagonistic rhetoric has heightened and Elliott Associates and the other so-called “holdouts” are squaring off against Argentina’s leadership, including President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and finance minister Axel Kicillof.  Read more