The term "Washington Consensus" was originally used to describe a list of ten reforms that I argued were practically universally agreed in Washington to be desirable in most Latin American countries as of 1989. It acquired alternative meanings over the years, one of which was a summary of the...

This paper argues that economic growth is fundamentally constrained from the supply side, which is why it is desirable to maintain the constraints on balance-of-payments deficits that are provided by limited reserves. Reform of the international monetary system could lead to more harm than good...