Mexico
Subtitle: why a few are rich and the people poor
By: Ramón Eduardo Ruiz
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780520262355; 9780520262362
Subjects: Economic policy; Economic development; Poverty; Economic conditions
Description: "In Mexico, Ramon Eduardo Ruiz brings a lifetime of study and a passionate love of his subject to bear on the most vexing puzzle any historian of Mexico can confront: Why should a country so rich in potential remain perennially mired in poverty, corruption, and injustice? This is a bold, angry, and absolutely indispensable book."--Timothy J. Henderson, author of The Mexican Wars for Independence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ramblings on Mexican underdevelopment; title: El Mexicano; title: The legacy; title: Free traders and capitalists; title: Colonialism's thumb; title: Lost opportunity; title: Internal market; title: False miracle; title: Death of a dream; title: NAFTA.