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Comment

In: World Trade: Monetary Order and Latin America

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  • Jorge Salazar-Carrillo

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Consideration of the problem of the external (which perhaps should be called the eternal) debt of Latin America is our central focus. These comments will deal with four important elements. First, I will consider how the debt problem came to be, and the way in which it evolved into its present circumstances. Second, I will address the reasons why the developed countries should worry about it. After all, why not allow the Latin Americans to stew in their own juices? From some standpoints, they have been irresponsible in the handling of foreign debt. Third, it is necessary to examine what Latin America is doing to handle its debt burden, and its implication for the performance of the Latin American economy. Fourth, some possible solutions to the defusing of the remaining debt bombs, those which have not exploded yet, will be examined. We will show that as long as there is no chain reaction in the arsenal, the eternity of the problem should arouse interest, but not deep worry.

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  • Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, 1990. "Comment," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Paolo Savona & George Sutija (ed.), World Trade: Monetary Order and Latin America, pages 149-153, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-08812-6_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08812-6_11
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