Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance : Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica - Rilegato

Mesa-Lago, Carmelo; Arenas De Mesa, Alberto; Brenes, Ivan; Montecinos, Veronica; Samara, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0801861721 ISBN 13: 9780801861727

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Meso-Lago (formerly economics and Latin American studies at the U. of Pittsburgh, and currently a professor of international relations at Florida International U.) discusses how we can determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare. He analyzes Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist), and Costa Rica (mixed), examining their economic and social policies and showing how they affect performance based on a set of socioeconomic variables. He also ranks the countries among themselves and in comparison to international indicators. Topics include the roles of the state and market, development strategies, potential tradeoffs between growth and equity, the divergent effects of the 1980s economic crisis, and short-and medium-term prospects for each economic system. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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"[Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies] is in my view the best comparative study involving these three Latin America economies. Carmelo Mesa-Lago has succeeded in bringing together rich empirical evidence within an attractive conceptual framework. He has greatly advanced our understanding of the functioning of the socialist, mixed and market economies." -- Jan Svejnar, Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Costa Rica

L'autore:

Carmelo Mesa-Lago is theDistinguished Service Professor Emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh and a former professor of international relations at Florida International University. His works on Latin America's social security and health care, the Cuban economy, and comparative economic systems have been published in eight languages and in thirty-two countries.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0801861721
• ISBN 13: 9780801861727
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 707