ECON 3235 MR 4-5:15pm Fall 2019 LatAm Economies syllabus
ECON 3235 Course Calendar
Fordham an Equator Initiative academic partner
Happy people, happy planet? HW #2 pdf
Nora Lustig, May 2017 Barcelona Dynamics of inequality in Latin America
Roma Anatomy of a scene (NY Times)
**Sebastián Piñera Echenique was President of Chile from 2010 to 2014. He is currently the frontrunner in Chile’s upcoming presidential election, to be held on November 19, 2017. Piñera is supported by a coalition of conservative and center-right political parties, called Chile Vamos. Before becoming president, he was a successful entrepreneur and businessman with a broad portfolio of investments in banking, media, airlines, and sports. He was the first center-right candidate to win the presidency since Chile’s return to democracy.
Why has Chile stopped growing?NPR Podcast Planet Monday “The Phone at the end of the World”
The Agony of Reform in Chile and Bolivia (Commanding Heights Part 2)
UBS Under the Same Sun Americas Exhibit, 2014
Mexico: Compartamos Maria Hinojosa (try Firefox to view video) Whose making money from Microcredit?
Many talking heads: Mary Small JRS and Shaina Aber on Refugees from the Iron Triangle
Commanding Heights Part 2: the Agony of Reform
(LatAm starts at 19:38 Bolivia starts at 48:55 click to open in new tab)
Oliver Stone South of the Border Trailer (newer, shorter just over 2 minutes)
Oliver Stone South of the Border Trailer (old longer 4 minutes)
Guggenheim UBS Show, 2014 Under the Same Sun
Women’s World Bank and Banco ADOPEM’s “Contracorriente”- Financial Education Trailer
Chilean Student Protests Al Jazeera 20+ minutes
Brazil’s Havan Box Stores (NY Times 2013)
Two Latin Americas? Pacific Alliance vs. Mercosur
Commanding Heights Part 2 the Agony of Reform (9-11 Introduction Start at beginning) Commanding Heights: the Agony of Reform
(Chile starts at 21:42 Bolivia starts at 48:55 click to open in new tab)