Introduction

By James A. Dorn

Promoting Financial Resilience

By William J. McDonough

The Argentine Economic Crisis

By Ricardo Lopez Murphy, Daniel Artana, and Fernando Navajas

Argentina 2002: A Case of Government Failure

By Allan H. Meltzer

Lessons from Argentina and Brazil

By Charles Calomiris

The Argentine Straw Man: A Response to Currency Board Critics

By Steve H. Hanke

Alternative Approaches to Sovereign Debt Restructuring

By Jack Boorman

The Roadblock to a Sovereign Bankruptcy Law

By Jeffrey D. Sachs

Enhancing Sovereign Debt Restructuring

By Randall S. Kroszner

Do Sovereign Debtors Need a Bankruptcy Law?

By Anna. J. Schwartz

Crises and Recoveries: Multinational Failures and National Successes

By Alan Reynolds

Banking Stability and the Basel Capital Standards

Increasing Economic Growth and Stability in Emerging Markets

By John B. Taylor

On the Fed’s Demand Bubble

By William A. Niskanen

Currency Competition and Consumer‐​Driven Unification

By Lawrence H. White

Currency Competition: The British Debate

By Samuel Brittan

Do Think Tanks Matter? Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes by Donald E. Abelson

By Aaron Steelman

Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government by Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod

By Ronald D. Rotunda

First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life by Kenneth W. Starr

By Randolph J. May