Latin America after the Financial Crisis

Economic Ramifications from Heterodox Perspectives

Juan E. Santarcángelo, Orlando Justo, Paul Cooney, Juan E. Santarcángelo, Orlando Justo, Paul Cooney

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781137486615
• eBook ISBN: 9781137486622
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Latin America was one of the regions least affected by the global financial crisis of 2008. During this time of widespread economic downfall, Latin America continued to achieve an annual growth rate of around 5%. Latin America after the Financial Crisis explains how the global financial crisis affected the region and why it was not as severe as other crises in the past. The collection covers data from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela, and demystifies the impact of the crisis on the accumulation path of the region without losing sight of each country's particularities. Each country is analyzed by leading specialized and heterodox researchers who have vast experience in the field and who use an array of heterodox perspectives, from Keynesian to Kaleckian and Marxian to Sraffian.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Global Crisis: Causes and Main Theoretical Explanations
• 3 The Global Crisis and Its Effects on the Accumulation in Argentina
• 4 The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Brazil from 2008 to the Present
• 5 Boom and Bust in Colombia 1990–2013
• 6 The Global Crisis and the Chilean Economy
• 7 The Impact of the Global Post-2007 Economic Crisis and Subsequent Lethargic Performance on Cuba’s Economy
• 8 The Structural Causes of the Severity of the World Crisis in Mexico
• 9 Venezuela and the International Crisis
• 10 The Aftermath of the Global Crisis in Latin America: General Remarks and Future Perspectives
• List of Contributors
• Index