Zur neoliberalen Politik gehört eine Umdeutung von Begriffen ("Erfolg" statt "Gier", "Ungleichheit" statt "Armut"), die zur Entpolitisierung führen. Ungerechtigkeit wird hingenommen, Alternativen werden nicht mehr erwogen, weil sie in der allgegenwärtigen ökonomischen Logik keinen Platz mehr...

Again and again, Latin America has seen the populist scenario played to an unfortunate end. Upon gaining power, populist governments attempt to revive the economy through massive spending. After an initial recovery, inflation reemerges and the government responds with wage an price controls....

Leading economic institutions such as the World Bank have argued that liberalization holds the key to growth, poverty alleviation and redistribution. Even recent efforts to model increasing returns within the framework of new growth theories have not resulted in prescriptions for stronge roles...

Leading economic institutions such as the World Bank have argued that liberalisation holds the key to growth, poverty alleviation and redistribution. Even recent efforts to model increasing returns within the framework of new growth theories have not resulted in prescriptions for stronger roles...

This paper aims to study the following positive question: If some of the central features of a market-oriented economy are explicitly taken into account, then what is the extent to which government policy can or can not reduce economic inequalities in such an economy?It is shown that several...

A growing literature concludes that modern democracies have not adopted policies that benefit the majority to the extent predicted by social conflict theory. The most prominent reason is that globalization ties the hands of policymakers, making it hard for them to redistribute. Yet while...

The macroeconomics of populism / Rudiger Dornbusch, Sebastian Edwards -- The political economy of Latin American populism / Robert R. Kaufman, Barbara Stallings -- Populism, profligacy, and redistribution / Eliana Cardoso, Ann Helwege -- Description of a populist experience: Argentina, 1973-1976...