The objective of this article is to examine the Brazilian attempts at stabilization and to identify the political impasses behind the policy options. For this purpose, a broad review of stabilization policies adopted from March 1985 to October 1989 is given, and the orthodox approach is...

"This paper deals with potential instabilities in the Eurozone stemming from an insufficient interplay between monetary policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we assess the effect of EMU on structural reform and...

The ‘Washington consensus’ and ‘shock therapy’ approach to transition economies ignored the Keynesian lessons from the Great Depression: that market instability is a possibility and there may be an active role of government in managing stability and growth. The severe output decline in...

The quot;Washington consensusquot; and quot;shock therapyquot; approach to transition economies ignored the Keynesian lessons from the Great Depression: that market instability is a possibility and there may be an active role of government in managing stability and growth. The severe output...