General government activity in the field of education has recently assumed new interest due to the importance of two analytical objectives: a) the existence of substitution or complementary processes between public and private expenditure in education; b) the importance of public expenditure in...

This paper analyses both the recent transformations of capitalism in Latin America and the popular resistances of mass movements and class organizations. The revolutionary progresses observed on this continent are also examined, in particular the failure of the FTAA, the opening of the ALBA, the...

In this paper, we investigate on the determinants of the size of shadow economy (SE) in Latin America. While the analysis of economic causes of SE has been extensively studied in literature, here we offer a wider prospective. In addition to overall economic development, unemployment rate, and...