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IMF
Supported
 
Macroeconomic
 
Policies
 
and
 
the
 
World
 
Recession:
 
A
 
Look
 
at
 
Forty
One
 
Borrowing
 
Countries
 
Mark
 
Weisbrot,
 
Rebecca
 
Ray,
 
 Jake
 
 Johnston,
 
 Jose
 
Antonio
 
Cordero
 
and
 
 Juan
 
Antonio
 
Montecino
 
October
 
2009
 
Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Contents
 
 
IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession
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 About the Authors
Mark Weisbrot is Co-Director; Jose Antonio Cordero is a senior economist; Rebecca Ray, Jake  Johnston and Juan Antonio Montecino are Research Assistants at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.
 Acknowledgements
 The authors would like to thank Dean Baker, John Schmitt, Dan Beeton and Alexander Main for their comments and editorial assistance and Luis Sandoval for research assistance.

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