The sword of Damocles : U.S. financial hegemony in Colombia and Chile, 1950-1970 / Jon V. Kofas.

Author
Kofas, Jon V. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Description
xix, 238 p. ; 25 cm.

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    Summary note
    Annotation Far from fostering democracy and social justice in Chile and Colombia, IMF, World Bank, and U.S. foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s were major impediments.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-230) and index.
    Contents
    • The Latin American Setting
    • Prolegomena to the Debt Crisis: From Bretton Woods to the Alliance for Progress
    • Colombia
    • International Financial Relations during the Authoritarian Era, 1950-1958
    • Foreign Borrowing and Developmentalism under the National Front
    • International and Domestic Politics of Austerity under Valencia
    • Twilight of Reformist Developmentalism: Stabilization and Monetarism under Lleras Restrepo
    • Chile
    • Chile's Struggle for Financial Stability: Monetarism and Beyond
    • Hyperinflation under Ibanez, the Multilateral Banks, and U.S. Foreign Policy
    • Foreign Borrowing, Stabilization, and Developmentalism under the Alessandri Regime
    • The "Revolution in Liberty" versus the International Financial Institutions.
    ISBN
    • 0275974057 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780275974053 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2001059066
    OCLC
    48613376
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