How Central Banks Manipulated Thailand's Economy in 1998

In 1998, Thailand's economic crisis was orchestrated by its central bank and the IMF, leading to a boom-bust cycle that forced the country to sell assets cheaply. The strategy mirrored tactics used in 1930s Germany, where fixed exchange rates and high domestic interest rates encouraged risky dollar borrowing, destabilizing the economy.

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