Economic development and global crisis : the Latin American economy in historical perspective

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Author:

Cardoso, José Luís, editor of compilations.

ISBN:

9780415820820

Physical Description:

xxii, 266 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 161

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Insights from the history of economic thought -- 1.Economic development: past and present / Cosimo Perrotta -- 2.Jeremy Bentham's Spanish American utopia / Annie L. Cot -- 3.Reconsidering protectionism in Friedrich List's economic theory / Juan Fernando Palacio -- 4.Some lessons for monetary policy based on interest rates rules from Myrdal's Monetary Equilibrium: why should we read Myrdal as a complement of Wicksell? / Adrian De Leon-Arias -- 5.Recollecting Kalecki's studies of the US economy / G. Julio Lopez -- pt. II Latin American development theory and experience revisited -- 6.Raul Prebisch and the Keynesian theory in Latin America / Claudia Sunna -- 7.CEPAL on investment criteria and the planning of import-substituting industrialization / Mauro Boianovsky -- 8.High development theory, CEPAL and beyond / Alan Cibils --

Contents note continued: 9.The concept of marginality in Latin American thought: perspectives and approaches for understanding history / Hilda Caballero -- 10.The dependency theory and development: a historical review / Erasmo Saenz Carrete -- 11.The new-style of developmentalism in Latin America: Kubitschek and Frondizi / Maria Heloisa Lenz -- 12.Brief review of Mexico's foreign debt, 1824-2010 / Juan Carlos Tellez Mosqueda -- 13.The crises in peripheral countries (1994-2002) and the balance of payments theory: a historical approach / Noemi Brenta.

Abstract:

"This edited collection uses a history of economic thought perspective to explore the evolving role of Latin America within the context of globalization. In particular, it examines the region's resilience in the face of the global financial crisis.Economic Development and Global Crisis explains that Latin America is a region with distinct characteristics and peculiarities which have been shaped from the colonial era up to the present day. The contributions suggest that several features which were perceived as economic backwardness have turned out to be advantageous, and this may explain why Latin America is withstanding the crisis much better than Europe, Japan and the USA. This book will be of interest to scholars working in the areas of economic development, economic history, the history of economic thought and Latin American studies"--

Subject Term:

Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.

Economic development -- Latin America.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Geographic Term:

Latin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Added Author:

Cardoso, José Luís,

Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina, 1948-,

Romero, María Eugenia, 1964-,

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This edited collection uses a history of economic thought perspective to explore the evolving role of Latin America within the context of globalization. In particular, it examines the region's resilience in the face of the global financial crisis.

Economic Development and Global Crisis explains that Latin America is a region with distinct characteristics and peculiarities which have been shaped from the colonial era up to the present day. The contributions suggest that several features which were perceived as economic backwardness have turned out to be advantageous, and this may explain why Latin America is withstanding the crisis much better than Europe, Japan and the USA.

This book will be of interest to scholars working in the areas of economic development, economic history, the history of economic thought and Latin American studies.