Mexico S Economic Dilemma

Author : James M. Cypher,Raúl Delgado Wise
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742568488

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Mexico's Economic Dilemma by James M. Cypher,Raúl Delgado Wise Pdf

Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise begin with an examination of Mexico's pivotal economic crisis of the 1980s and the consequent turn toward an export-led economy, later anchored by NAFTA. They show how Mexico, after abandoning frequently successful past practices of state-led development, disastrously tied its future to an unconditional reliance on foreign corporations to promote an export-led growth strategy. Focusing on Mexico's cheap labor export model, the authors use the maquiladora sector and the auto industry as case studies of the perils of globalization—the "race to the bottom" as capital becomes ever more international. The government's unconstrained free-market policies, they convincingly argue, have resulted in a fragmented economy marked by stagnation, falling wages, informal part-time employment, and massive migration, which define daily life for all but a tiny minority.

Author : Roberto Newell G.,Luis Rubio F.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429725869

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Mexico's Dilemma by Roberto Newell G.,Luis Rubio F. Pdf

This book analyzes the crisis Mexico experienced in 1982 on the basis of the historical evolution of Mexico's political and economic structures. The author’s purpose in writing this book is to provide an interpretation of Mexico's current problems in order to analyze what must be done to solve some profound dilemmas and to restructure Mexican society. The main dilemma Mexico faces is its vanishing consensus.

Author : Roberto Newell G.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Mexico
ISBN : OCLC:254149360

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Mexico's Dilemma by Roberto Newell G. Pdf

Author : Roberto Newell G.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 0429046979

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Mexico's Dilemma by Roberto Newell G. Pdf

This book analyzes the crisis Mexico experienced in 1982 on the basis of the historical evolution of Mexico's political and economic structures. The author's purpose in writing this book is to provide an interpretation of Mexico's current problems in order to analyze what must be done to solve some profound dilemmas and to restructure Mexican society. The main dilemma Mexico faces is its vanishing consensus.

Author : Raymond Vernon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172015665590

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The Dilemma of Mexico's Development by Raymond Vernon Pdf

Author : Carl W 1890-1970 Ackerman,Hilarion Noel Branch
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 102147486X

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Mexico's Dilemma by Carl W 1890-1970 Ackerman,Hilarion Noel Branch Pdf

Mexican Dilemma is an insightful and comprehensive study of the country, its people, and its problems by the renowned journalist Carl W. Ackerman and Hilarion Noel Branch. It provides a thorough analysis of the Mexican situation from socio-economic and political perspectives. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Carl W 1890-1970 Ackerman,Hilarion Noel Branch
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019921560

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Mexico's Dilemma by Carl W 1890-1970 Ackerman,Hilarion Noel Branch Pdf

Mexican Dilemma is an insightful and comprehensive study of the country, its people, and its problems by the renowned journalist Carl W. Ackerman and Hilarion Noel Branch. It provides a thorough analysis of the Mexican situation from socio-economic and political perspectives. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Neil Harvey
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173002090563

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Mexico by Neil Harvey Pdf

This book examines Mexico's attempts to initiate political reform and economic restructuring. It addresses the problems of implementing reforms that attack vested interests and lead to greater inequalities at a time of economic crisis, and asks how the government can create a ""South-East Asian"" economy and limit the worst effects of the entry into global capitalism while maintaining stability. The contributions cover the last ten years.

Author : Bob McKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Industries
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173025310807

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The Mexican Dilemma by Bob McKay Pdf

Author : Santiago Levy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815701637

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Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes by Santiago Levy Pdf

Despite various reform efforts, Mexico has experienced economic stability but little growth. Today more than half of all Mexican workers are employed informally, and one out of every four is poor. Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes argues that incoherent social programs significantly contribute to this state of affairs and it suggests reforms to improve the situation. Over the past decade, Mexico has channeled an increasing number of resources into subsidizing the creation of low-productivity, informal jobs. These social programs have hampered growth, fostered illegality, and provided erratic protection to workers, trapping many in poverty. Informality has boxed Mexico into a dilemma: provide benefits to informal workers at the expense of lower growth and reduced productivity or leave millions of workers without benefits. Former finance official Santiago Levy proposes how to convert the existing system of social security for formal workers into universal social entitlements. He advocates eliminating wage-based social security contributions and raising consumption taxes on higher-income households to simultaneously increase the rate of growth of GDP, reduce inequality, and improve benefits for workers. Go od Intentions, Bad Outcomes considers whether Mexico can build on the success of Progresa-Oportunidades, a targeted poverty alleviation program that originated in Mexico and has been replicated in over 25 countries as well as in New York City. It sets forth a plan to reform social and economic policy, an essential element of a more equitable and sustainable development strategy for Mexico.

Author : Robert E. Looney
Publisher : Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822004863494

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Economic Policymaking in Mexico by Robert E. Looney Pdf

This volume argues that the Mexican crisis of August 1982, in which the country was left facing the prospect of national default and zero economic growth, was not only the result of some fundamental flaws in the country's economy, but is more accurately characterized as a cash flow problem--in the author's words, "a case of illiquidity rather than insolvency." Based on a thorough analysis of the Mexican economy, the book assesses the effectiveness of the various economic programs of the de la Madrid presidency in dealing with the nation's problems.

Author : Jeff Bortz,Stephen H. Haber
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804742081

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The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930 by Jeff Bortz,Stephen H. Haber Pdf

Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth.

Author : Barbara Geddes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520918665

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Politician's Dilemma by Barbara Geddes Pdf

In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state resources for national purposes, especially those that foster economic development, or to channel resources to people and projects that will help insure political survival and reelection. While politicians may believe that a competent state bureaucracy is intrinsic to the national good, political realities invariably tempt leaders to reward powerful clients and constituents, undermining long-term competence. Politician's Dilemma explores the ways in which political actors deal with these contradictory pressures and asks the question: when will leaders support reforms that increase state capacity and that establish a more meritocratic and technically competent bureaucracy? Barbara Geddes brings rational choice theory to her study of Brazil between 1930 and 1964 and shows how state agencies are made more effective when they are protected from partisan pressures and operate through merit-based recruitment and promotion strategies. Looking at administrative reform movements in other Latin American democracies, she traces the incentives offered politicians to either help or hinder the process. In its balanced insight, wealth of detail, and analytical rigor, Politician's Dilemma provides a powerful key to understanding the conflicts inherent in Latin American politics, and to unlocking possibilities for real political change.

Author : Shannon O'Neil,Shannon Kathleen O'Neil
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199898336

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Two Nations Indivisible by Shannon O'Neil,Shannon Kathleen O'Neil Pdf

Examines the political, economic, and social transformation Mexico has undergone in recent decades, and argues that the United States' antagonistic policy toward the nation is doing more harm than good.

Author : World Institute for Development Economics Research
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262022796

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Inflation Stabilization by World Institute for Development Economics Research Pdf

Rampant inflation is a major economic problem in many of the less developed countries; two out of three attempts to stabilize these economies fail. Inflation Stabilization provides a valuable description and a critical analysis of the disinflation programs introduced in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Israel in 1985-86, and discusses the possibility of such a program in Mexico. It documents the initial steps in stabilization as well as the reasons for failure.As architects of the programs, several of the authors are in key positions to assess which aspects were critical in getting the programs accepted and where to look for difficulties and failures. In Israel, inflation was halted without recession. The challenge to policy makers today is in shifting from stabilization to the revival of sustained growth. This experience is described fully by Michael Bruno and Sylvia Piterman, who examine the critical issue of exchange rates, and by Alex Cukierman, who uses modeling to analyze the interaction of money, wages, prices, and activity under rational expectations that take the government's policy objectives into account.Endemic inflation and a sudden increase in external debt burden Argentina's economy, raising the wider issues of high inflation economies and stabilization that are discussed in the chapter by José Luis Machinea and that by Guido Di Tella and Alfredo Canavese.Eduardo Modiano and Mario Simonsen take up issues of wages in Brazil, particularly the problem of finding an equitable way to deal with a wage freeze; Simonsen develops an ambitious game theoretic rationalization of incomes policy as a coordinating device for imperfectly competitive economies. Bolivia did reach hyperinflation (price increases of more than 50 percent each month) before stabilizing. Juan Antonio Morales shows how stabilizing the exchange rate, in an economy where all pricing was already geared to the dollar, achieved stabilization without a wage or price freeze. And Francisco Gil Diaz asks whether an incomes-policy based program could work to control ever increasing inflation in Mexico.