Roughly once a year, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the U.S. Treasury secretary, and, in some cases, the finance ministers of other G7 countries get a call from the finance minister of a large emerging-market economy. The emerging-market finance minister indicates that the country is rapidly running out of foreign reserves, that it has lost access to international capital markets, and perhaps that it has lost the confidence of its ...
Bailouts or Bail-Ins? Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Economies
By far the best book written in recent years on the vexing subject of how the international community should address international financial crises of emerging market economies. Roubini and Setser put it all together: a masterful overview of theoretical issues, a skilled and accurate account of recent crises, and a wise, balanced, and judicious discussion of the policy debates.
