The sword of Damocles : U.S. financial hegemony in Colombia and Chile, 1950-1970 / Jon V. Kofas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kofas, Jon V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank.

International Monetary Fund.

Debts, External--Colombia--History--20th century.

Debts, External.

Debts, External--Chile--History--20th century.

International Monetary Fund--Colombia.

International Monetary Fund--Chile.

World Bank--Colombia.

World Bank--Chile.

History.

Chile.

Colombia.

Physical Description:

xix, 238 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Far from fostering democracy and social justice in Chile and Colombia, IMF, World Bank, and U.S. foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s were major impediments.

Contents:

Part I The Latin American Setting

1. Prolegomena to the Debt Crisis: From Bretton Woods to the Alliance for Progress 3

Part II Colombia

2. International Financial Relations during the Authoritarian Era, 1950-1958 19

3. Foreign Borrowing and Developmentalism under the National Front 37

4. International and Domestic Politics of Austerity under Valencia 53

5. Twilight of Reformist Developmentalism: Stabilization and Monetarism under Lleras Restrepo 73

Part III Chile

6. Chile's Struggle for Financial Stability: Monetarism and Beyond 91

7. Hyperinflation under Ibanez, the Multilateral Banks, and U.S. Foreign Policy 109

8. Foreign Borrowing, Stabilization, and Developmentalism under the Alessandri Regime 131

9. The "Revolution in Liberty" versus the International Financial Institutions 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-230) and index.

ISBN:

0275974057

OCLC:

48613376