Front Matter
(pp. 1–2)
Journal of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)
Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1990
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Symposium on New Institutions for Developing Country Debt
(pp. 3–6)
Organizing Debt Relief: The Need for a New Institution
(pp. 7–18)
A Strategy for Efficient Debt Reduction
(pp. 19–29)
Cleaning Up Third World Debt without Getting Taken to the Cleaners
(pp. 31–42)
Debt Relief and the International Enforcement of Loan Contracts
(pp. 43–56)
The Economist's Lament: Public Assistance in America
(pp. 57–78)
Work and Welfare: Lessons on Employment Programs
(pp. 79–98)
Micro-to-Macro Simulation: A Primer with a Labor Market Example
(pp. 99–116)
Currency Fluctuations in the Post-Bretton Woods Era
(pp. 117–134)
The Benefits of Asymmetric Markets
(pp. 135–148)
Great and Almost-Great Magnitudes in Economics
(pp. 149–156)
Optimal Taxation and Optimal Tax Systems
(pp. 157–178)
Puzzles: Slot Machines, Zomepirac, Squash, and More
(pp. 179–187)
Recommendations for Further Reading
(pp. 189–192)
Anomalies: Saving, Fungibility, and Mental Accounts
(pp. 193–205)
Correspondence
(pp. 207–211)
Notes
(pp. 213–220)