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Argentina and the Fund: From Triumph to Tragedy (Policy Analyses in International Economics)

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I used this book for a business school "Central Banking" class recently. Michael Mussa really knew what he was talking about, and he writes concisely and elegantly.

He analyzed the effects on the Argentinian economy of irresponsbible fiscal and monetary policies. And in the process of doing so, he also convincingly illustrated the intercation between fiscal and monetary policies and its implications in steering the economy in general.

Best book written on Argentinian economy I have ever read. Two-thumbs up!

A great book that reflects the real problems that lead to the economic crisis in December 2001. Today's Argentinian populist politicians should read this book to learn that the Convertibility system was not the cause of the problem but in fact it was the fiscal irresponsability of the provinces, causing fiscal deficits that were imposible to deal with.
If you need to study the Argentina case you should definitly buy this book and learn the truth about it.

This book was 90 pages long. It would have been a much better read if it was 30. Its focus is on the interaction of Argentina and the IMF. If you want to know what happened to the man on the street, this is the wrong book for you. If you want to know what an ex IMF official thinks how the IMF should behave to fiscally irresponsible countries, this is the book for you.