Economic Doctrines In Latin America

Why is it so difficult for liberal economic ideas to become generally accepted in industrializing countries despite the universal support for liberal political ideas and a single global market system? Drawing on the results of a sustained and collaborative interdiscipinary research project, international scholars provide a perspective on previous shifts towards (and away from) economic liberalism within Latin America, on the interaction of internal and external drivers in this process, and on the international context of the evolution of economic ideas.

Why is it so difficult for liberal economic ideas to become generally accepted in industrializing countries despite the universal support for liberal political ideas and a single global market system? Drawing on the results of a sustained and collaborative interdiscipinary research project, international scholars provide a perspective on previous shifts towards (and away from) economic liberalism within Latin America, on the interaction of internal and external drivers in this process, and on the international context of the evolution of economic ideas.

Valpy Fitzgerald is Director of the Oxford University Finance and Trade Policy Research Centre and a Professorial Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. He has acted as economic policy advisor to a number of Latin American governments as well as to the UN, the OECD and the UK Department of International Development.

Rosemary Thorp is Director of the Oxford University Latin American Centre and a Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. She is also Chair of Oxfam, GB.