The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century

This book describes and explains the decline of the Argentine economy in the twentieth century.

Roberto Cort\u00E9s Conde (Author)

9781107617780, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 August 2013

406 pages

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.59 kg

'\u2026 this is very much the work of a skilled historian \u2026 The book's goal is to explain why Argentina failed to sustain its position as a wealthy country, which it had achieved in the first decades of the twentieth century \u2026 It will be difficult for anyone interested in Argentina's economic decline not to take this work extremely seriously \u2026' Latin American Research Review

In this book, Roberto Cort\u00E9s Conde describes and explains the decline of the Argentine economy in the twentieth century, its evolution, and its consequences. At the beginning of the century, the economy grew at a sustained rate, a modern transport system united the cou]