The financial crashes of the 1990s have been blamed on financial liberalization, political crises, and changes in U.S. interest rates and the value of the dollar. In reality these crashes, unlike previous ones, were rooted in a clash between a global investment community that favored private property and free markets, and governments that did not.
Financial Crashes in the Globalization Era
By Evan Osborne
This
article
appeared in
the Fall 2001 issue of The Independent Review.
Other Independent Review articles by Evan Osborne | |
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Summer 2008 | Commerce Is Beautiful |