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UNINA9910825531503321 |
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Autore |
Blustein Paul |
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Titolo |
The chastening : inside the crisis that rocked the global financial system and humbled the IMF / / Paul Blustein |
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New York, : Public Affairs, c2003 |
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1-283-04925-2 |
9786613049254 |
0-7867-2469-2 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. and updated ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Financial crises - Asia |
International finance |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Author's Note and Acknowledgments; · 1 · The Committee to Save the World; · 2 · Opening the Spigot; · 3 · Winnie the Pooh and the Big Secret; · 4 · Malignancy; · 5 · Sleepless in Seoul; · 6 · The Naysayers; · 7 · The Bosun's Mate; · 8 · Down the Tubes; · 9 · Getting to Nyet; · 10 · The Balanceof Risks; · 11 · Plumbing the Depths; · 12 · Stumbling Out; · 13 · Cooling Off; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The breathtaking behind-the-scenes story of the nearly disastrous global financial crisis of the late 1990s and how the International Monetary Fund tried--and failed--to stem it |
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