Policies to reduce instability

Authors

  • Luis Brunstein Rowan University

Keywords:

Financial instability, contagion, monetary and fiscal policy, political risk, heterodox policy formation

Abstract

The current stabilization policy adopted by many Latin American countries demands a restrictive monetary policy coupled with a conservative fiscal policy. While these policies have been adapted to suture financial fragilities, they have not been able to significantly improve the levels of structural poverty and unemployment, rendering the approach
vulnerable to political risk. By exploring the case of Argentina, this paper argues that the presence of such risk forces the government to adopt a heterodox, eclectic and very flexible approach to policy formation that may maximize its chances to achieve long term social objectives.

Author Biography

Luis Brunstein, Rowan University

Professor, Department of Economics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New
Jersey.

Published

2010-07-08

Issue

Section

Science article