Sovereign Paradox: How Debt Destroyed the Inca State

1525 CE. High within the unforgiving altitudes of the Andes, the majestic Inca Empire is teetering on the absolute edge of a total infrastructural implosion. Long before the Spanish conquistadors ever sighted the coastline, the largest pre-Columbian civilization in the Americas is being systematically torn apart by a catastrophic, invisible crisis of sovereign debt and overextended logistical supp...