A decade ago, it was Domingo Cavallo, who, as Argentina’s finance minister, had pegged the peso to the dollar to bring down the 1,000% inflation that was destroying the economy – and the fabric of society. When he abruptly ended the peg in 2001, a severe recession followed, and he was arrested and jailed.
这不是拉丁美洲著名经济学家第一次遭到这种待遇。十年前，多明戈·卡巴罗（Domingo Cavallo）就有此遭遇。作为阿根廷财政部长，他让比索盯住美元，以使摧毁阿根廷经济（以及社会）的高达1,000%的通货膨胀降了下来。2001年，当他突然结束盯住时，严重的衰退接踵而至，他也被逮捕并关了起来。幸运的是，国际社会的愤慨，包括北美经济学家们所组织的行动，帮助卡巴罗获得了自由。