Latin America finances: Three takes from 50 years

For me, looking at Latin America, the experience was fascinating: from going through the old print archives to having a reason – an excuse – to meet with some of the region’s most important and influential bankers and policymakers.

There were three main initial lessons that I took from lengthening the prism of coverage to encompass half a century (beyond how bullet-proof the optimism of bankers tends to be, especially in contrast to the scepticism of the accompanying Euromoney editorial comment throughout our history).