Between Realism and Reality: The Reagan Administration and International Debt Contributor(s): Joseph, James W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819192740 ISBN-13: 9780819192745 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $71.73 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - National - Business & Economics | Public Finance |
Dewey: 336.343 |
LCCN: 93028911 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 204 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book uses a complex interdependence model to explain U.S. policy on international debt between 1981 and 1985. The author analyzes four cases: the administration's decision in early 1982 to pay interest due from Poland to U.S. banks on hundreds of millions of dollars in agricultural credits; the administration's actions to prevent a default by Mexico on its international debt; the decision by Reagan officials to support an increase of $8.4 billion in the U.S. share of the lending quota for the International Monetary Fund; and the 'Plan for Sustained Growth' designed to increase dramatically the amount of money lent to developing countries. |