How Fake Money Saved Brazil
<i>"He said, 'Well, I've just been named the finance minister. You know I don’t know economics, so please come to meet me in Brasilia tomorrow,' " Bacha recalls.</i><p>So, three things had to happen:<p>1. A politician had to admit his ignorance<p>2. Some bright spark technocrat somewhere had the right solution to a seemingly impossible problem.<p>3. The right politician asked for help from the right technocrat<p>They're not kidding. It <i>is</i> a miracle.