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“...Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial...”

“...John Maynard Keynes once observed that the "ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful...”

“...I investigate the determinants of business cycle synchronization across regions. The linkages between trade in goods, financial openness, specialization, and...”