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BPEA | 1998 No. 1The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects
Jeffrey D. Sachs and
Steve Radelet
Steve Radelet
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Development
- Georgetown University
Steve Radelet
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Development
- Georgetown University
1998, No. 1
“HISTORY,” JAWAHARLAL NEHRU famously observed, “is almost always written by the victors. ” Financial history, it seems, is written by the creditors. When a financial crisis arises, it is the debtors who are asked to take the blame. This is odd, since a loan agreement invariably has two parties. The failure of a loan usually represents miscalculations on both sides of the transaction or distortions in the lending process itself.