Former anti-neoliberal president of Brazil is now in jail for corruption while in office. Rafael Correa, former anti-neoliberal president of Ecuador is under indictment for corruption while in office. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro is under attack for imposing socialist dictatorship and corruption. Same with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Anti-globalist president of...
Read More »The IMF Program in Ecuador: A New Report by Mark Weisbrot — Matias Vernengo
As they discuss the new candidate for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and it seems that the lead candidate for Lagarde's position is the former Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, a pro-austerity member of the Labor Party (which I guess is at least nominally on the left), it is worth reading the new CEPR report on the possible effects of IMF programs in Latin America, more specifically the one in Ecuador, now that the country has been brought back into the fold of...
Read More »The IMF Program in Ecuador: A New Report by Mark Weisbrot
Thirty pieces of silver As they discuss the new candidate for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and it seems that the lead candidate for Lagarde's position is the former Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, a pro-austerity member of the Labor Party (which I guess is at least nominally on the left), it is worth reading the new CEPR report on the possible effects of IMF programs in Latin America, more specifically the one in Ecuador, now that the country has been brought back...
Read More »Ecuador Under Lenin Moreno: an Interview With Andres Arauz — Joe Emersberger interview Andres Arauz
Backgrounder. Not looking good.Detailed and nuanced report. Maybe more than you want to know. Cutting to the chase, a lot of backroom deals. Looking at it structurally, our political project, the historic coalition that led to the Constitution of Montecristi [ratified by Ecuadorean voters in 2008] was gradually weakened over time by internal attrition. Contradictions were generated that made it difficult to keep the whole coalition together. During Rafael Correa’s last term in office the...
Read More »On Ecuador
The original letter I co-signed is here, and the debate that followed was posted by Bill Black here.
Read More »Ecuadorians Reject Neoliberalism in Presidential Race
NEP’s Bill Black appears on Rising Up With Sonali talking about Ecuadoreans and their choice of continuity by choosing a left-leaning government over a neo-liberal agenda in recent Presidential elections. [embedded content]
Read More »50+ Economists Warn Against Neoliberalism’s Return in Ecuador
Ahead of upcoming elections, a call for austerity and economic policies structured for the elites to be left in the nation's pastby Ha-Joon Chang, James K. GalbraithOver the past ten years, Ecuador has achieved major economic and social advances. We are concerned that many of these important gains in poverty reduction, wage growth, reduced inequality, and greater social inclusion could be eroded by a return to of the policies of austerity and neoliberalism that prevailed in Ecuador from the...
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