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The global debt crisis : America's growing involvement / John H. Makin.

By:

Makin, John H [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1984Description: xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

0465026818
0465026826

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

336.3/435/091724 19

LOC classification:

HG 3891.5 .M34 1984

Partial contents:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction

Part I. An unprecedented crisis : Chapter 1: Dangerous loans to princes -- Chapter 2: Treaties of tyrants.

Part II. Origins of the LDC crisis : Chapter 3: Cultivation of inferior soils -- Chapter 4: No more fruitless growth.

Part III. Origins of the global crisis : Chapter 5: First things first -- Chapter 6: Demand does not create its own supply -- Chapter 7: Imprudent moments.

Part IV. Lenders of last resort : Chapter 8: Angels, guardian and avenging -- Chapter 9: From on high.

Part V. A spring uncoils : Chapter 10 : Wishful thinking and bad luck -- Chapter 11 : Treating the symptoms -- Chapter 12: For whom the bell tolls -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: "How did America's financial institutions become so deeply enmeshed in high-risk international lending? Will they ever get their money back? What are the implications for the economy as a whole? Is there a way out of this mess? A leading economist provides some sobering answers in the first definitive account of how this severe crisis began, who is responsible, and why it will not go away." -- From the back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKS	Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks	HG 3891.5 .M34 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		NPML19090008

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction

Part I. An unprecedented crisis : Chapter 1: Dangerous loans to princes -- Chapter 2: Treaties of tyrants.

Part II. Origins of the LDC crisis : Chapter 3: Cultivation of inferior soils -- Chapter 4: No more fruitless growth.

Part III. Origins of the global crisis : Chapter 5: First things first -- Chapter 6: Demand does not create its own supply -- Chapter 7: Imprudent moments.

Part IV. Lenders of last resort : Chapter 8: Angels, guardian and avenging -- Chapter 9: From on high.

Part V. A spring uncoils : Chapter 10 : Wishful thinking and bad luck -- Chapter 11 : Treating the symptoms -- Chapter 12: For whom the bell tolls -- Notes -- Index.

"How did America's financial institutions become so deeply enmeshed in high-risk international lending? Will they ever get their money back? What are the implications for the economy as a whole? Is there a way out of this mess? A leading economist provides some sobering answers in the first definitive account of how this severe crisis began, who is responsible, and why it will not go away." -- From the back cover.

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