IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde declared central bankers and finance ministers to be the heroes of recent economic crises for taking corrective action while national politicians squabbled. What enabled them to do so? In the wake of Brexit, chaotic trade policies in the United States, and...

"We study the logic of Peronist interventionist polices and the beliefs that support them. Instead of a comprehensive approach, we focus on three elements. First, we study beliefs and values about the economic system present in Peron's speeches during the period 1943-55. Second, we study survey...

pt. 1. The southernmost territory of imperial Spain turns into the Argentine nation -- pt. 2. 1853-1913 : six decades of increasing integration into the global economy -- pt. 3. From the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War -- pt. 4. Four-and-a-half decades of...