Argentina's economic reforms of the 1990s in contemporary and historical perspective
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Argentina's economic reforms of the 1990s in contemporary and historical perspective
（Europa perspectives : emerging economies）
Routledge, 2017
- : hbk
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Description
Why has Argentina suffered so much political and economic instability? How could Argentina, once one of the wealthiest countries in the world, failed to meet its potential over decades? What lessons can we take from Argentina's successes and failures?
Argentina's economy is - irresistibly - fascinating. Argentina's economic history - its crises and its triumphs cannot be explained in purely economic terms. Argentina's economic history can only be explained in the context of conflicts of interest, of politics, war and peace, boom and bust. Argentina's economic history is also intertwined with ideological struggles over the ideal society and the on-going struggle of ideas.
The book comprises two distinct components: an economic history of Argentina from the Spanish colonial period to 1990, followed by a narrative by Domingo Cavallo on the last 25 years of reform and counter reform.
Domingo Cavallo has been at the centre of Argentina's economic and political debates for 40 years. He was one of the longest serving cabinet members since the return of democracy in 1983. He is uniquely qualified to help the reader make the connection between historical and current events through all these prisms. His daughter, Sonia Cavallo Runde, is an economist specialized on public policy that currently teaches the politics of development policy. The two Cavallos offer academics and students of economics and finance a long form case study. This book also seeks to offer researchers and policymakers around the world with relevant lessons and insights to similar problems from the Argentine experience.
Table of Contents
Argentina's Economic Reform of the 1990s in Historical Perspective, Preface, Introduction, Part I: The southernmost territory of Imperial Spain turns into the Argentine Nation, Chapter 1: Spanish Heritage, Chapter 2: From the May Revolution to the National Organization, Part II: 1953-1913, six decades of increasing integration into the global economy, Chapter 3: From the National Organization to First World War, Chapter 4: Split, reunification and the `Historical Presidencies', Chapter 5: The years when Roca dominated politics, Part III: From the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II, Chapter 6: The traumatic 30 years from 1914 to 1944, Chapter 7: The "Radical Republic", Chapter 8: From the fall of Yrigoyen to the rise of Peron, Part IV: Four and a half decades of political and economic instability, Chapter 9: Inflation, stagflation and hyperinflation, Chapter 10: Peron and Evita, Chapter 11: The 18 years when Peronism was outlawed, Chapter 12: The return of Peron and the Military, Chapter 13: Transition to democracy and Alfonsin's Presidency, Part V: Reform and counter reform, Chapter 14: The Latin American Consensus of the 90s, Chapter 15: Menem and De La Rua, Chapter 16: The origin of Duhalde's decision and Kirchner's metamorphosis, Chapter 17: Duhalde and the Kirchners, Part VI: Conclusions and Epilogue, Chapter 18: Conclusions
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