{"product_id":"market-socialist-and-mixed-economies-comparative-policy-and-performance-chile-cuba-and-costa-rica-9780801877483","title":"Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance--Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carmelo Mesa-Lago | Alberto Arenas Mesa | Ivan Brenes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Latin America - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can we determine which economic model best provides for economic development and social welfare? In this major comparative work, noted economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago analyzes three Latin American countries with divergent economic systems: Chile (a market economy), Cuba (socialist), and Costa Rica (mixed). He examines their economic and social policies, shows how these policies affect performance based on a set of socioeconomic variables, and ranks the countries among themselves (using new techniques) and in comparison with international indicators. The time frame of the study embraces thirty-eight years for Costa Rica (under the democratic social democracy) and Cuba (under the socialist revolution) and twenty-four years for Chile (under Pinochet and the return to democracy). Mesa-Lago focuses on the three diverse socioeconomic models that these countries represent during these periods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47589403525271,"sku":"9780801877483","price":5784.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801877483.webp?v=1774968946","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/market-socialist-and-mixed-economies-comparative-policy-and-performance-chile-cuba-and-costa-rica-9780801877483","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}