Download or read book Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? written by Daniel McDowell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores how and why the U.S. has regularly acted, often alongside the IMF, as an international lender of last resort by selectively bailing out foreign economies in crisis. It highlights the unique role that the U.S. has played in stabilizing the world economy from the 1960s through 2008"--Provided by publisher.