Paper tigers and minotaurs : the politics of Venezuela's economic reforms /

"Paper Tigers and Minotaurs is an insider's account of national transition from a protected and state-controlled economy to one relying on free markets and open trade. Venezuela's experience with dismantling an entrenched economic structure and coping with the political consequences o...

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Main Author: Naím, Moisés (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [1993]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Morton Abramowitz
  • Introduction / Jeffrey Sachs
  • 1. Paradoxes of Economic Reform
  • 2. A Reversed-Midas Touch: Venezuela's Recent Economic Evolution
  • 3. Teetering on the Brink of Collapse: 1989
  • 4. El Gran Viraje: The Great Turnaround
  • 5. The Consequences of Turning the Economy Around
  • 6. The Coups and Their Political Aftermath
  • 7. Some Explanations
  • 8. Conclusions: The Politics of Managing Economic Change.