IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development (Revised)
Title: IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development (Revised) Author: Stanley Fischer ISBN: 9780262562164 Publisher: The MIT Press Published: 2005 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good B 1631730 Publisher Description: Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues raised. The IMF drew much criticism for some of its actions during Fischer's tenure, and he vigorously defends the "battlefield medicine" practiced by the IMF during a series of economic crises, which included the problems of economic transition in the former Soviet bloc and the Asian financial crisis. Fischer addr