The Liberalization of Argentina's Economics Profession

The Liberalization of Argentina's Economics Profession

This essay seeks to explain the shift in Argentina's economics profession from structuralism to neoliberalism. It stresses the effect of international financial support and domestic demand for promoting market-oriented ideas. Financial aid provided by US government agencies and private foundations, and academic prospects for economists in their home countries influences the socialization of US economics abroad. By examining the economics professions in Argentina, this study details how values are introduced and spread through educational systems. It also indicates an innovative approach for proliferating US ideas that affects public policy abroad.