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When the Banks Fell: Jamaica’s FINSAC Decade, 1990–2000

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The 1990s were Jamaica’s most economically destructive decade since independence. A hastily deregulated financial system imploded, taking property values, businesses and entrepreneurial confidence with it. This is the story of how ordinary Jamaicans survived — and what the wreckage taught about money, home and resilience.