Bolivia Goes East

Bolivia Goes East

JEFFREY SACHS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE IN Poland in the early fall of 1989, within weeks of Solidarity's overwhelming triumph ...
Menem's Great Swindle: Convertibility, Inequality and the Neoliberal Shock

Menem’s Great Swindle: Convertibility, Inequality and the Neoliberal Shock

Punished by years of high inflation, Argentines enthusiastically supported Menem's anti-inflationary Convertibility Plan. The government, however, utilized the success of ...
After the Crash

After the Crash

“If the present austerity plans continue,” predicted economic adviser Jeffrey Sachs in 1986, “Bolivia will experience an economic boom before ...