Regional liberalization sweeps the globe like wildfire while multilateral trade talks proceed at a glacial pace. Why are countries eager to liberalize regionally but reluctant to do so multilaterally? The answer of the GATT-is-dead school is that multilateralism is too cumbersome for...

Over the past two decades, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay have implemented unilateral trade liberalization programs and formed MERCOSUR. The effects of these reforms on production structures in these countries have not received a great deal of attention. This paper analyses patterns of...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 2: Varieties or Diversity of Capitalism? -- Chapter 3: Dependent Capitalism -- Chapter 4: Dependent Monetary Regime -- Part II: Empirical And Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 5: Dependent Capitalism in Central and Eastern...