Roundtable at LASA2016
Apr 29, 2016
8:15 PM - 9:45 PM (GMT-5)
Roundtable at LASA2016
May 29, 2016
4:15 to 5:45pm
This roundtable takes 15 years of governments challenging the neoliberal model as an opportune time to examine the results of divergent national strategies in the 21st century. Mexico and Honduras (especially after the 2009 military coup) have both followed a neoliberal, conservative model, including privatization of publicly held resources and increasing economic and political integration with the United States. In contrast, various nations dubbed "the pink tide" such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil, have each ventured onto different paths that include such changes as an emphasis on social and economic inclusion of previously marginalized populations for national development, increased public investment and social programs, financial reforms and less independent central banks, and internationally, promoting south to south relations and foreign policies independent of the United States. The six-member roundtable divides exactly in half, with three members having expertise in one of these two contrasting strategies.
Panel Chair:
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic Policy and Research
Panelists:
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T M Scruggs, TheRealNews.com
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Miguel R Tinker Salas, Pomona College
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John M Ackerman, Institute for Legal Research/UNAM
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Irma Eréndira E Sandoval Ballesteros, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Suyapa G Portillo Villeda, Pitzer College
More information is available on the LASA2016 site.
