Author : Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801877483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies by : Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Download or read book Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies written by Carmelo Mesa-Lago and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare? In this major comparative work, noted economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago analyzes three Latin American countries with divergent economic systems: Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist), and Costa Rica (mixed). He examines their economic and social policies, shows how these policies affect performance based on a set of socioeconomic variables, and ranks the countries among themselves (using new techniques) and in comparison with international indicators. The time frame of the study embraces thirty-eight years for Costa Rica (under the democratic social democracy) and Cuba (under the socialist revolution) and twenty-four years for Chile (under Pinochet and the return to democracy). Mesa-Lago focuses on the three diverse socioeconomic models that these countries represent during these periods.