Considerations concerning neoliberalism and progressivism in Latin America
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21057/10.21057/repamv13n2.2019.23860Keywords:
Latin America; neoliberalism; progressivism; Latin American left.Abstract
This article aims to contribute to the evaluation of neoliberalism and progressivism in Latin America, from its origins to the present, as well as to evaluate the alternatives presented to it today. Critical thinking is undeniable the more or less deleterious effects of neoliberalism in our region. In order to carry out the neoliberal project, its architects proposed an articulated set of structural reforms, among them a strong market economy, the withdrawal of the State from the economic and social sphere through the reduction of public spending, the reduction of barriers to free mobility of capital, as well as the establishment of an increasingly flexible labor market. This is what we have in mind in the analysis of Latin American neoliberalism and the ratification of dependent capitalism. Certainly more controversial were the correctness and errors of the progressive experiences to overcome it, nevertheless, it is understood that the Latin American left has the possibility to confront with the neoliberal advance as a precedent rich in lessons for the 21st century.
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