The Debt Crisis: Lessons of the 1980s
It is now over nine years since Mexico found itself unable to service its debt in August 1982, and was forced into declaring a moratorium that precipitated what quickly became known as the debt crisis. A vast literature has emerged since then on the causes of that crisis, on apportioning responsibil...
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description | It is now over nine years since Mexico found itself unable to service its debt in August 1982, and was forced into declaring a moratorium that precipitated what quickly became known as the debt crisis. A vast literature has emerged since then on the causes of that crisis, on apportioning responsibility for its occurrence or persistence, and on prescribing remedies for ending it… |
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title | The Debt Crisis: Lessons of the 1980s |
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title_fullStr | The Debt Crisis: Lessons of the 1980s |
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