Ep 104 ft. Townsend Hyatt

Do Native American Tribes Pay Too Much to Borrow? Recent research suggests that Native American tribes pay significantly more to borrow than their municipal counterparts. We try to unpack some of the structural reasons why this might be so with the leading legal expert on the topic, Townsend Hyatt. Townsend, a partner at Orrick, indulges our very basic questions about the pricing penalty that the tribes seem to suffer - and what sorts of reforms might improve this situation. Producer: Leanna Doty