2. The Political Economy of Latin American Populism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. National Bureau of Economic Research v
3. Contents vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. I. The Framework
7. 1. The Macroeconomics of Populism 7
8. 2. The Political Economy of Latin American Populism 15
9. 3. Populism, Profligacy, and Redistribution 45
10. II. Country Experiences
11. 4. Description of a Populist Experience: Argentina, 1973-1976 77
12. 5. What Have Populists Learned from Hyperinflation? 121
13. 6. Sixty Years of Populism in Brazil 151
14. 7. The Socialist-Populist Chilean Experience, 1970-1973 175
15. 8. Populism and Economic Policy in Mexico, 1970-1982 223
16. 9. The Illusion of Pursuing Redistribution through Macropolicy: Peru’s Heterodox Experience, 1985-1990 263
17. 10. Collapse and (Incomplete) Stabilization of the Nicaraguan Economy 331
18. 11. On the Absence of Economic Populism in Colombia 369
19. Contributors 393
20. Name Index 395
21. Subject Index 399