Latin America's Economy: Diversity, Trends, and Conflicts
"This is precisely the book that I have been waiting for. It is completelyup to date, it deals with the most important questions, and the authors explaincomplex economic issues in simple and helpful ways, without loss of rigour orgenerality." David Hojman,Journal of Latin American Studies"An important book.... Few other single-volume surveys of theregion have so skillfully brought to our attention the complex tapestry ofmodern Latin American political economy." Antonia Jorge and Paul Moncarz,Journal of Developing Areas"Cardoso and Helwege's text is remarkably well balanced. It is rare to find such a reasoned account of such ideologically-charged issues as the cause of inflation and prescriptions for alleviating poverty and accelerating growth."Frances Hagopian, Associate, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University