Twentieth-Century Neoliberals
Inheritors of the Exploits of Columbus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Petras (0000-0002-8171-6072), Steve Vieux |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 25-46 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x9201900303 |
| OpenAlex | W2043627374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
From Mexico to Argentina, government officials, joumalists, academics, and, of course, bankers and corporate executives have hailed the advent of unregulated capitalism as the panacea for the region's development crisis. Neoliberalism or, as its propagandists dub it, free-market economics makes claims to being a new, realistic, practical approach to Latin America's problems. Its ideologues consider it superior to all previous efforts, whether nationalist, populist, Keynesian, or socialist. They claim to have discovered the formula: opening markets to the free flow of capital and goods will bring growth, prosperity, and freedom. This messianic vision, however, reflects a profound historical amnesia, a suspension of the intellect. In the first place, Latin America has a long history of free trade linked to underdevelopment and dictatorship. From the late 18th century and throughout most of the 19th, a major development strategy linked Latin America to the world market or to an imperial-preferred market through high-growth export enclaves or sectors. Many of the arguments, formulas
Economic history · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Economic Theory and Policy · History
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2018 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |