“After a month of wrangling, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner succeeded in sacking central bank President Martin Redrado last week. In his place she named Mercedes Marcó del Pont, a Yale-trained economist who has expressed the view that central bank autonomy ought to be limited.” Read more. “Argentina Seizes the Central Bank” Mary Anastasia O’Grady The…
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“After a month of wrangling, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner succeeded in sacking central bank President Martin Redrado last week. In his place she named Mercedes Marcó del Pont, a Yale-trained economist who has expressed the view that central bank autonomy ought to be limited.” Read more.
“Argentina Seizes the Central Bank”
Mary Anastasia O’Grady
The Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2010.
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