Argentina's recent trajectory has provoked several discussions in the last few years. Most of them have centred on the character of the new mode of development presumed to have appeared in the wake of the crisis of neoliberal rule. This article provides an analysis of the changes and continuities in capitalist development in Argentina after the crisis of 2001. We provide extensive evidence regarding changes in the mode of development which, we propose, has shifted towards a neo-developmentalist alternative. While we argue that this strategy perpetuates capitalist domination, more importantly we stress that it also implies signifijicant changes from the previous pattern of development. Particularly, the new mode of capitalist development creates a new set of public policies that mediate class-conflict in renewed ways.
Argentina’s crisis at the end of the twentieth century surprised economists. Argentina turned from a “Latin American miracle” to an unprecedented failure. This article looks into the crisis stressing the role of the exchange rate regime and emphasizes the overvaluation of the real exchange rate as a part of capital’s strategy to decompose labor and restructure capital-labor relations. Argentina’s crisis resulted from the combination of capital’s strategic success and the recomposition of labor in the late nineties.
Mariano Féliz* RESUMEN: En este trabajo analizaremos el proyecto neodesarrollista en Argentina iniciado en 2002, luego de la crisis del neoliberalismo. Presentaremos críticamente sus fundamento de economía política que remiten al neoestructuralismo. Discutiremos la ausencia de una perspectiva de clase en ese proyecto y su fundamento teórico. Mostraremos como esa ausente conduce a limitaciones para comprender la dinámica concreta del proyecto neodesarrollista, sus barreras y límites. Para ello presentaremos una discusión crítica de los supuestos neoestructuralistas y analizaremos el desempeño empírico del proyecto neodesarrolllista en Argentina. Concluiremos con algunos elementos de lo que podría ser una alternativa desde la perspectiva de la clase trabajadora. Palabras claves: neodesarrollismo; neoestructuralismo; clases sociales.
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