Second – and here’s where the surprise came – they all agreed that, with the benefit of hindsight, these excruciating adjustments were worth it, because their crisis-torn economies were forced to embrace structural reforms that paved the way for their spectacular economic performance today.
Los panelistas estuvieron de acuerdo en dos puntos: primero, inicialmente detestaron los dolorosos programas de ajuste dictados por los términos de los así llamados rescates condicionales del Fondo Monetario Internacional (los surcoreanos aún se refieren desdeñosamente a la «Crisis del FMI» de finales de la década de 1990).