... liberal international economic policies was quite successful until the early 1970s. However, the post-war financial system had been tied to the US dollar and disputes between the Europeans and Americans over US government spending on Vietnam (amongst other things) led to the collapse of these arrangements. Shortly afterwards OPEC initiated the first oil shock: oil exporters did very well out ... is important to recognize that Korea inherited a very special set of circumstances, being relatively quick off the mark in the development process and having experienced some industrialization d...

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