Unpopularity a reverse indicator of success at Finance

OVERDRIVE: Unpopularity a reverse indicator of success at Finance - The Nation, August 5, 2005
Interesting article: Thanong Bidaya is the man of the 11th hour. In June 1997, he was shopping with his wife in Hong Kong when he got a call from Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh asking him to take over as finance minister. He accepted. No sooner had he arrived at the Finance Ministry than Rerngchai Marakanond, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) governor, went over to tell him the country was bankrupt...