1. The Dual Origins of the Earned Income Tax Credit: Theorizing Indirect Assistance at the Subnational Level • Carmen Brick, University of California, Berkeley.

2. Walter Wriston and the Hegemonic Project of Neoliberal Finance, 1967-1984 • Conrad Jacober, Johns Hopkins University.

3. Fighting Balance-of-Payment Imbalances from the Situation Room: The Institutional Logic of National Security in International Economic Policy-Making • Pierre-Christian Fink, University of Virginia.