THE ASIAN CRISIS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CURE

''Until Asian governments adopt expansionary policies, take control of short-term capital movements, and cooperate regionally, the crisis is likely to drag on and on, like water torture, bringing poverty and in security to hundreds of millions of people and turning parts of Asia i nto a dependency of the IMF and its number one shareholder. Recent pol icy changes suggest that this lesson is slowly being learned.''