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This book examines the array of financial crises, slumps, depressions and recessions that happened around the globe during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Its wide geographic and historical coverage of episodes in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia will appeal to scholars and students of economics and history.

Early in 2000, Ecuador, facing a serious economic and governance crises, adopted the U.S. dollar as its national currency. This work examines the conditions in which the decision was made. It looks historically at Ecuador's economic and social structure and assesses the impact of the decision.