The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America
Subtitle: Chile, Argentina, and Mexico
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 9, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780807826294
Subjects: Political economy; Political structures: democracy; Transitional economies; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Free Trade; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Argentina; Chile; Latin America; Mexico; Government & Business; Economics - Comparative; International - General; Business & Economics / Government & Business; Political aspects
First sentence: The energy crisis of 1973-74 initiated important changes in the world economic order: an increase in trade competition, the decline in U.S. economic dominance, and the struggle by multinationals to lower costs through reorganizing production.