Push the economy over a cliff (and early on, for best Machiavellian effect). Make sure your backers can gain from the crisis itself - such as by way of a sharp devaluation, which benefits the rich who hoard dollars at everyone else's expense.
Blame the damage exclusively on your predecessors. Repeat claim often, even if you can't explain it.
Use the crisis to privatize and outsource everything you can, and at fire sale prices.
Dismiss critics as "the voices of the past." Use violence if need be, taking care to send in provocateurs to justify it.
Let foreign (typically "market-friendly"
media do the rest: let them sell the lie for you, and in turn cite their rave reviews of your own "good, tough" work.
Serve with a splash of lime, and enjoy.
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