Financial Crisis, Contagion, and Containment: From Asia to Argentina

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This book provides a sweeping, up-to-date, and boldly critical account of the financial crises that rocked East Asia and other parts of the world beginning with the collapse of the Thai baht in 1997. Retracing the story of Asia's "Crisis Five"--Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand--Padma Desai argues that the region's imp

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"Financial Crisis, Contagion, and Containment is though-provoking for economic and financial practitioners who want to better understand financial crises and the IMF's attendant policy responses. Although originally written in 2003, the book remains relevant today."--MKB, Financial Analysts Journal

Author Bio

Padma Desai is Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems and Director of the Center for Transition Economies at Columbia University. She was president of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies in 2001. She is author of The Soviet Economy and Perestroika in Perspective.