Keys to prosperity : free markets, sound money, and a bit of luck / Rudi Dornbusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dornbusch, Rudiger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy.

Economic history--1990-.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Timely commentaries and essays from economist Rudi Dornbusch.

Contents:

Keys to Prosperity

Contents

Preface

The Big Picture

A Century of Unrivaled Prosperity

The Come and Go of the State

Macroeconomic Ingredients for Growth and Prosperity

Long-Run Growth in Emerging Countries

Containing High In¯ation

Free Markets Work BestÐBut They Need a Little Tweaking

And You Thought Social Security Was in Trouble . . .

Growth Forever

Germany's Economic Future

Global Financial Markets: Ideas Whose Time Has Come

Capital Controls: An Idea Whose Time Is Gone

Why Bailouts Are Bad Medicine

Check the Laws Before You Invest Abroad

How the Fed Can Tame the Savage Currency Markets

The Effectiveness of Exchange-Rate Changes

No Way to Rescue the GreenbackÐAnd No Need To

Lessons from the Mexican Crisis

After Asia: New Directions for the International Financial System

The Target Zone Controversy

New Challenges for World Financial Markets

No Apologies for Free Trade

Is Free Trade at a Crossroads?

: A Trade Odyssey

U.S.-Mexico Free Trade: Good Jobs at Good Wages

U.S.-Japan Relations Fifty Years after Pearl Harbor

Trade with China: Add Bite to America's Bark

European Union: Fantasies, Problems, and Impact

Euro Realities, Fantasies, and Problems

EMU: Will It Happen, Will It Not, and What Difference Does It Make?

If the Franc Falls, So Will Europe's Dream of a Common Currency

Why the Mighty Mark Is a Sitting Duck

Europe's Money: Implications for the Dollar

Fifty Years Deutsche Mark

Scenarios for Europe

A Latin Disease? Or Triangle?

The Latin Triangle

MexicoÐThe Folly, the Crash, and Beyond

Another Peso Disaster May Be Waiting in the Wings

Brazil Has Run Out of Excuses

Argentina's Monetary Policy Lesson for Mexico

How Not to Safeguard South Africa's Democracy

Mexico Should Ditch the Peso for the Dollar.

Brazil's Policy Options for the Second Term

Brazil Beyond Tropical Illusions

The East Asian Miracle, Not Quite

Paper Tigers, the IMF, and the World Capital Market

Why Is Japan Shooting Itself in the Foot?

What's the Weakest Link in the World Economy? Japan

Mexico Learned Its Lesson. Now, Will East Asia?

A Bailout Won't Do the Trick in Korea

An Achilles' Heel That Could Cripple China

Next, China?

Good People and Bad Ideas

A Requiem for Chancellor Kohl

Oskar Is Trouble

The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Mixed Praise for Soros

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-31529-7

OCLC:

70765320