OUTLINE
A contradictory fiscal constitution
- Spanish rule and currency debasement
- The golden age (and its silver lining)
From foreign to civil wars to the gold standard
One hundred years of solitude
- Republican divergence
- Inconvertibility and stability (Blessing in disguise?)
- European integration: EPU, EFTA et al
- Oil, April and the IMF
- The limits of external pressure (or the resilience of the fiscal constitution)