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Inflation--are we next? : hyperinflation and solutions in Argentina, Brazil, and Israel - Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner Publishers, 1990. - ix, 166 p. : ill. ;

Foreword / Herbert M. Singer --
Introduction / Pamela S. Falk --
Why large government deficits cause inflation in Latin America but not the United States / David D. Hale --
Inflation, indebtedness, and investment in Argentina, 1985-1988 / Santiago O. del Puerto --
Success and failure of a heterodox shock : the Austral Plan / Miguel A. Kiguel --
Brazil's inflation and the Cruzado Plan, 1985-1988 / Luiz Bresser Pereira --
From the "new republic" to the moratorium : economic policymaking in Brazil, 1985-1987 / Hugo Presgrave de A. Faria --
Israel and the success of the shekel : the key years, 1984-1987 / Emanuel Sharon --
The political economy of the Israeli inflation / Richard Weisskoff

Presents the examples of three models - Argentina, Brazil and Israel - that have implemented far-reaching stabilization programs and issued new currencies to respond to inflation that they could not control. The book considers the lessons of the three models for the United States

ISBN: 9781555871505 155587150X (alk. paper) :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Inflation (Finance)
Economic stabilization

Dewey Class. No.: 332.41 / INF