The Cato Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2003

An Interdisciplinary Journal of Public Policy Analysis
Volume 23 Number 1, Spring/Summer 2003

International Financial Crises: What Role for Government?

James A. Dorn
Introduction
(PDF, 9 pp., 53 Kb)

William J. McDonough
Promoting Financial Resilience
(PDF, 11 pp., 53 Kb)

Ricardo Lopez Murphy, Daniel Artana, and Fernando Navajas
The Argentine Economic Crisis
(PDF, 6 pp., 40 Kb)

Allan H. Meltzer
Argentina 2002: A Case of Government Failure
(PDF, 3 pp., 27 Kb)

Charles W. Calomiris
Lessons from Argentina and Brazil
(PDF, 13 pp., 64 Kb)

Steve H. Hanke
The Argentine Straw Man: A Response to Currency Board Critics
(PDF, 11 pp., 89 Kb)

Jack Boorman
Alternative Approaches to Sovereign Debt Restructuring
(PDF, 13 pp., 59 Kb)

Jeffrey D. Sachs
The Roadblock to a Sovereign Bankruptcy Law
(PDF, 5 pp., 34 Kb)

Randall S. Kroszner
Enhancing Sovereign Debt Restructuring
(PDF, 8 pp., 44 Kb)

Anna J. Schwartz
Do Sovereign Debtors Need a Bankruptcy Law?
(PDF, 14 pp., 68 Kb)

Alan Reynolds
Crises and Recoveries: Multinational Failures and National Successes
(PDF, 13 pp., 66 Kb)

L. Jacobo Rodriguez
Banking Stability and the Basel Capital Standards
(PDF, 12 pp., 63 Kb)

John B. Taylor
Increasing Economic Growth and Stability in Emerging Markets
(PDF, 8 pp., 43 Kb)

William A. Niskanen
On the Fed’s Demand Bubble
(PDF, 4 pp., 49 Kb)

Lawrence H. White
Currency Competition and Consumer-Driven Unification
(PDF, 7 pp., 43 Kb)

Samuel Brittan
Currency Competition: The British Debate
(PDF, 7 pp., 40 Kb)

Book Reviews

Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government
by Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod
Reviewed by Ronald D. Rotunda
(PDF, 4 pp., 45 Kb)

First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life
by Kenneth W. Starr
Reviewed by Randolph J. May
(PDF, 5 pp., 49 Kb)

Do Think Tanks Matter? Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes
by Donald E. Abelson
Reviewed by Aaron Steelman
(PDF, 3 pp., 42 Kb)

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