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- Book Title
- Economies of Latin America
- ISBN
- 9783110674903
- Subject Area
- Business & Economics
- Publication Name
- Economies of Latin America
- Publisher
- DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Subject
- Economic History, Economics / Macroeconomics, Economics / General
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 262 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
ISBN-10
3110674904
ISBN-13
9783110674903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038666432
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
262 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Economies of Latin America
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Economic History, Economics / Macroeconomics, Economics / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2021-936059
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
330.98
Table Of Content
Chapter 1. Introduction 1. The Promise of Latin America 1. Land 2. People 3. Resources 2. Latin America as a Relative Failure: You Aren't in East Asia 3. History Matters 1. History 2. The Post WW II mistake 3. Recovery 4. The Continuation of Economic Failure 1. Education 2. Infrastructure 3. Social Issues 3. Structural Change 5. The Details 1. ABM 2. The rest of South America 3. Central America Chapter 2. A Brief Economic History 1. The Dismal History 1. The Colonial Legacy 2. Post-Independence Losses 3. What could have happened: The Golden Age 4. Wars and Depression 5. Debt as a regional habit 2. The Wrong Turn 1. Import Substitution Industrialization 2. Economic Isolation as a choice 3. Subsidies to Industry 4. Economic Rents and Inequality 3. The Predictable Collapse 1. The 1970s 2. Debt Shocks 3. Exchange Rate Shocks 4. Macroeconomic Instability 5. The way out: The Brady Plan 4. The New Normal 1. Macroeconomic Stability 2. Commodity based growth (or not) Chapter 3. What's Wrong: The Usual List of Suspects 1. Growth Accounting 2. Limits to Growth 3. Education and Infrastructure 4. Structural Change 5. Social Issues 6. The Curse of Informality Chapter 4 Argentina and Brazil 1. The Basics: Population, GDP, GDP per capita 2. The Macroeconomic Record 3. Economic Structure: Ag, Industry, and Services 4. Foreign Trade 5. Country Specific Details Chapter 5 Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay 1. The Basics: Population, GDP, GDP per capita 2. The Macroeconomic Record 3. Economic Structure: Ag, Industry, and Services 4. Foreign Trade 5. Country Specific Details Chapter 6 The Laggards: Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela 1. The Basics: Population, GDP, GDP per capita 2. The Macroeconomic Record 3. Economic Structure: Ag, Industry, and Services 4. Foreign Trade 5. Country Specific Details Chapter 7 Mexico and Central America 1. The Basics: Population, GDP, GDP per capita 2. The Macroeconomic Record 3. Economic Structure: Ag, Industry, and Services 4. Foreign Trade 5. Country Specific Details Chapter 8 Looking Toward the Future 1. A 2 or 3 track region 2. Turning around limits to growth 3. The usual drill does not apply 4. A Latin American version of success
Synopsis
While Latin America accounts for approximately 8 percent of the world economy, easily accessible information on the economies of the region is easy to find. The existing literature on Latin American economics usually assumes some previous familiarity with the region and is focused on government policy choices. The Economies of Latin America is a book for the general reader needing a quick introduction to the economics of the region. The book is composed of three parts. The first part explains its economic history and a description of the central economic problems of Latin America. The second offers country-specific details. The final part deals with the economic future of the region where the author puts forth a Latin American version of success. This book is a useful, in-depth introduction for students of Latin American economics as well as the general reader., While Latin America accounts for approximately 7 percent of the world economy, easily accessible information on the economies of the region is not always easy to find. The existing literature on Latin American economics usually assumes some previous familiarity with the region and is focused on government policy choices. The Economies of Latin America is a book for the general reader needing a quick introduction to the economics of the region. The book is composed of three parts: the first explains Latin America's economic history and a description of the central economic challenges of the region. The second offers country-specific details. The final part deals with the economic future of the region where the authors put forth a Latin American version of success. This book is a useful, in-depth introduction for students of Latin American economics as well as the general reader.
LC Classification Number
HC125
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