An introduction to Latin American economics : understanding theory through history / Scott McKinney.
2021
HB122 .M35 2021
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An introduction to Latin American economics : understanding theory through history / Scott McKinney.
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9783030766177 (electronic bk.)
3030766179 (electronic bk.)
9783030766160
3030766160
3030766179 (electronic bk.)
9783030766160
3030766160
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
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©2021
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English
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1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
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10.1007/978-3-030-76617-7 doi
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HB122 .M35 2021
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330.98
Summary
This textbook serves as an introduction to the major economic topics and events in Latin Americas history, from the settling of the region by indigenous Americans and then Europeans, Africans and Asians, to the economic consequences of COVID-19. Each chapter concentrates on a particular periodfor example, pre-Columbian America, the 1980s debt crisis, the 21st Century decline in income inequalityand introduces the concepts needed to understand the events of that period. These concepts include theories such as Dutch Disease and Dependency Theory, policies such as import-substituting industrialization and neoliberalism, and analytical tools such as the circular flow of income and the foreign exchange market. Descriptive data are used to illustrate these concepts: for example, Latin Americas current account balance during the 1970s and 1980s shows the impact of the debt crisis, while the relationship between money supply growth and inflation in Argentina during the 1980s and 1990s shows the impact of expansionary monetary policy and convertibility. With its focus on Latin American economic history and on the key concepts for understanding that history, this book can serve as the core textbook for an introductory course on Latin American Economics, or as a complementary text for an introductory course in Latin American Studies or a social science course on Latin America. Scott G. McKinney was born and raised in Lima, Peru and was a Fulbright Professor in Lima and led many study abroad programs in Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina. His current research is on the factors that have improved the distribution of income in Latin America since the turn of the century. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, where he developed the two coursesLatin American Economies and Latin American Political Economythat led to the writing of this book.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Land They Found
Chapter 2. Adapting to a New World
Chapter 3. Colonial Latin America
Chapter 4. The First Century of Independence
Chapter 5. Industrialization
Chapter 6. Alternatives
Chapter 7. The Commodity Boom of the 1970s
Chapter 8. The Lost Decade of the 1980s
Chapter 9. Emerging Markets and Financial Crises
Chapter 10. The Rise of China and the Decline in Inequality
Chapter 11. Crosscurrents: Translatinas, Remittances and the Novel Coronavirus.
Chapter 2. Adapting to a New World
Chapter 3. Colonial Latin America
Chapter 4. The First Century of Independence
Chapter 5. Industrialization
Chapter 6. Alternatives
Chapter 7. The Commodity Boom of the 1970s
Chapter 8. The Lost Decade of the 1980s
Chapter 9. Emerging Markets and Financial Crises
Chapter 10. The Rise of China and the Decline in Inequality
Chapter 11. Crosscurrents: Translatinas, Remittances and the Novel Coronavirus.