Política Económica Argentina Latin American Studies Program Fall 2016 Semester - Early Start - Buenos Aires

This course looks at two hundred years of Argentine economic policy within an international context. Different periods are distinguished and short-term variables are identified and compared with those from Latin America and other parts of the world. The economic plans applied under different presidents are discussed, together with implicit or explicit economic diagnoses, actions and results. The course concludes with an analysis of national and international scenarios and analyzes the new political and economic landscape after the crisis of 2001-2002 and the governments of Presidents Néstor and Cristina Kirchner.

English course title: Argentine Political Economy