TY - BOOK AU - DeRosa,David F. TI - In defense of free capital markets: the case against a new international financial architecture SN - 157660036X U1 - 332.042091724 PY - 2001/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Bloomberg Press KW - Capital market KW - Developing countries KW - Case studies KW - Deregulation KW - Foreign exchange KW - Free enterprise N1 - List of Illustrations. - Acknowledgments. - Preface. - Ch. One. Financial policy and the cycle of regulation. - Ch. Two. Japan's lost decade of the 1990s. - Ch. Three. Exploding foreign exchange regimes. - Ch. Four. The Southeast Asia currency crisis of 1997. - Ch. Five. Accounting for contagion. - Ch. Six. Exploding hedge funds. - Ch. Seven. Fast fixes and alternative exchange rate regimes. - Ch. Eight. The quest for a new financial architecture. - Conclusion. - Notes. - References. - Index N2 - ...This book analyses the economic conditions that produced a number of recent financial crises. It also investigates the responses made to each crisis, to uncover whether government policies directed at these episodes of turmoil made matters better or worse. - Front cover ER -