As annual inflation tops 100%, a 30-year high, with the cost of meat and fruit skyrocketing, many Argentines are keeping their savings in dollars to resist devaluation of the peso.
Timothy Kehoe and Juan Pablo Nicolini, authors of A MONETARY AND FISCAL HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA, 1960-2017, will join the Georgetown Americas Institute for a livestreamed conversation with key Latin American scholars, former government officials, and financial industry leaders on Friday, August 26.
What went wrong with the economic development of Latin America over the past half-century? Along with periods of poor economic performance, the region’s countries have been plagued by a wide variety of economic crises. In A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960–2017 (2021), editors Timothy J. Kehoe and Juan Pablo Nicolini bring together […]