FROM EXPORT-IMPORT DEVELOPMENT TO IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION (AND BACK AGAIN): THE CASE OF ARGENTINA
CURRENT READINGS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Modern Latin America, chs. 9-10, 12
BASIC STATS: ARGENTINA Population (millions) 40.0 GNP/capita8,620 Poverty rate 21%
ARGENTINA: OVERVIEW Natural Resource: Land Pampas “Conquest of the Desert” European immigration The Golden Age (1880s-1930) Beef-and-wheat exports to Europe Belle époque Buenos Aires Political democracy (of sorts) Depression and ISI ( s) Military intervention (1930+) and ISI Juan Perón, the working class, and polarization Repression and Democracy (1976-present) Military dictatorship ( ) Democracy (1983-present) The Kirchner era (2003-present) Economic uncertainty + reliance on exports (again) + default on debt