Argentina and the Fund: From Triumph to Tragedy (Policy Analyses in International Economics)
Michael Mussa, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, served as Economic Counselor and Director of the Department of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 1991-2001, where he was responsible for advising the Management of the Fund and the Fund's Executive Board on broad issues of economic policy and in providing analysis of ongoing developments in the world economy.  He was a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago, 1976-91, and was on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester, 1971-76.  During this period he also served as a visiting faculty member at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, the London School of Economics, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.Dr. Mussa's main areas of research are international economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, and municipal finance.  He has published widely in these fields in professional journals and research volumes.  By appointment of President Ronald Reagan, Dr. Mussa served as a Member of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers from August of 1986 to September of 1988.