Schon vor zehn Jahren wies Paul Krugman auf die Rückkehr der ökonomischen Missstände hin, die die Weltwirtschaftskrise der 30er Jahre ausgelöst haben. Doch im Boom nach der Jahrtausendwende wurde seine Warnung vergessen. Jetzt steht eine neue Weltwirtschaftskrise vor unserer Tür. In seinem...

Several European countries face challenges reminiscent of those faced by the emerging economies of Latin America. The economic booms in some peripheral Euro-zone countries financed by large capital inflows; the credit and asset price booms and then the busts including Sudden Stops in capital...

Conventional wisdom about the business cycle in Latin America assumes that monetary shocks cause deviations from the optimal path, and that the triggering factor in the cycle is excess credit and liquidity. Further, in this view the origin of the contraction is ultimately related to the excesses...

Conventional wisdom about the business cycle in Latin America assumes that monetary shocks cause deviations from the optimal path, and that the triggering factor in the cycle is excess credit and liquidity. Further, in this view the origin of the contraction is ultimately related to the excesses...