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  • Portugal Since The Revolution

    Economic And Political Perspectives

    by Jorge Braga De Macedo, Simon Serfaty ...
    This volume examines the economic and political circumstances in Portugal since the 1974 revolution. A succinct analysis of the central themes of Portuguese politics (drawing on public opinion surveys conducted in Portugal) is followed by a framework for analyzing the economic consequences of the coup. The authors then assess the influence of the I ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Currency Convertibility

    The Gold Standard and Beyond

    Edited by Barry Eichengreen, Jaime Reis, Jorge Braga de Macedo ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad. In this book a team of leading international economists and economic historians look at parallel situations in the history of the ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • The State Of State Reform In Latin America

    by Lora Eduardo ...
    Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or "second generation" reforms. The State of State Reform in Latin America reviews and assesses the outcomes of these less studied institutional reforms. This book examines four major ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Economic History of Latin America since Independence

    by Victor Bulmer-Thomas ...
    Series Book 98 - Cambridge Latin American Studies
    This study, now in a revised and updated third edition, covers the economic history of Latin America from independence in the 1820s to the present. It stresses the differences between Latin American countries while recognizing the external influences to which the whole region has been subject. Victor Bulmer-Thomas notes the failure of the region to close the gap in living standards between it and ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Monetary Statecraft in Brazil

    1808–2014

    by Kurt Mettenheim ...
    Series series Financial History
    Brazil has one of the world’s fastest growing economies and a fascinating history underpinning its evolution. This book presents an analysis of the state’s role in monetary policy, from the latter days of Portuguese rule, to the present day. Based on a variety of unknown archival sources, this study offers an alternative explanation for the rise and fall of Brazilian currencies.Monetary statecraft ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Political Economy

    Edited by Javier Santiso, Jeff Dayton-Johnson ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Latin America's recent development performance calls for a multidisciplinary analytical tool kit. This handbook accordingly adopts a political-economy perspective to understand Latin American economies. This perspective is not new to the region; indeed, this volume consciously follows the approach pioneered by political economist Albert O. Hirschman a half century ago. But the nature of the ... Read more

    $163.99 CAD

  • Development and Growth in the Mexican Economy

    A Historical Perspective

    by Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Jaime Ros ...
    This book is the first comprehensive and systematic English-language treatment of Mexico's economic history to appear in nearly forty years. Drawing on several years of in-depth research, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Jaime Ros, two of the foremost experts on the Mexican economy, examine Mexico's current development policies and problems from a historical perspective. They review long-term trends in ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Chile and the Neoliberal Trap

    The Post-Pinochet Era

    by Andrés Solimano ...
    This book analyzes Chile's political economy over the last 30 years and the country's attempt to build a market society in a highly inegalitarian society, now as a member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The investigation provides a historical background of Chilean economy and society and discusses the cultural underpinnings of the imposition of free ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Lessons From Nafta: For Latin America And The Caribbean

    by Lederman Daniel; Maloney William F. ; Serven Luis ...
    Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Lessons from NAFTA aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest effect on Mexico's average income per person. It is likely ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America

    by Stephen B. Kaplan ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    In an age of financial globalization, are markets and democracy compatible? For developing countries, the dramatic internationalization of financial markets over the last two decades deepens tensions between politics and markets. Notwithstanding the rise of left-leaning governments in regions like Latin America, macroeconomic policies often have a neoliberal appearance. When is austerity imposed ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Shadow Courts

    The Tribunals that Rule Global Trade

    by Haley Sweetland Edwards ...
    A detailed look at one little-known but powerful provision in most modern trade agreements.International trade deals have become vastly complex documents, seeking to govern everything from labor rights to environmental protections. This evolution has drawn alarm from American voters, but their suspicions are often vague.In this book, investigative journalist Haley Sweetland Edwards focuses on one ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Fragile by Design

    The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

    by Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen Haber ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    Why stable banking systems are so rareWhy are banking systems unstable in so many countries—but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households.Analyzing the political and banking ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD