Japan’s Ill-Fated Experiment With Money Doctoring
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Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The business of giving adviceto other nations on how to manage their finances hasalways been a contentious undertaking.
In the 1910s, U.S. economists such as Edwin Kemmererpreached the virtues of a stable currency to Mexico andGuatemala; more recently, Greece has received plenty ofadvice from the International Monetary Fund.