The
CUBA Seminar
Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York
Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Chile, Cuba
and Costa Rica
Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh
The result of ten years of work, this is the
56th book published by Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Distinguished Professor
Emeritus of Economics and Latin America at the University of Pittsburgh
and Professor and Research Scholar at Florida International University.
His book has been praised by top world economists as: "wonderfully
discerning" (Albert O. Hirschman, Princeton), "one of
the best comparative studies" (Jan Svejnar, University of
Michigan), "a pioneering study" (Frederic Pryor, Swarthmore
College), and "brilliant" (Roger Betancourt, University
of Maryland). . The book selects three models of development in
Latin America (Chile, Cuba and Costa Rica), analyzes their policies
over a period of 24 to 35 years, and evaluates and ranks their
performance.
Friday, at
November 10, 2000
3:30 PM
Location: Skylight Conference Room, CUNY Graduate Center
Pre-registration is required:
Phone 718 997-2846 or Send Email to:
cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu
This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from
the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation and
the Social Science Research Council. |