Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Sebastian Edwards, Moises Naim Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 0870031546
Описание
In late December 1994--after having attracted widespread praise as a model of economic reform and become a super-magnet for international investors as well as the United States' partner in the newly consummated NAFTA trade agreement--Mexico seemingly overnight plunged into political and economic crisis. The perceived threat to the global economy was to lead the Clinton administration, against strong congressional criticism, to push through an unprecedented $40-billion international rescue package. What went wrong in Mexico? What role was played by flaws in the design of the Mexican reforms, by political as well as economic decision-making in the context of the crises that shook the country, by external market forces, and by sheer bad luck? What lessons can the peso crisis offer to those grappling with newly unfolding crises in other emerging-market economies around the world? The complex anatomy of this "first economic crisis of the 21st century" is here...
