Argentine and Australian Development Compared

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

“…We find that localities specializing in ranching historically had weaker linkages with other activities, higher land concentration, and lower population density. These distinctive features of ranching were noted by Geller (1970) in his analysis of the Argentine economy; Dyster (1979), channeling a study of Uruguay by Winn (1976), wrote that "a pastoral economy generates of itself very few linkages for the region in which the grasslands are located," because "[o]nce the crude extraction of the primary commodity has taken place, all that is needed in the country of origin is a set of rails or a caravan of drays, a long wharf and some sturdy fellows to load and unload." We provide rigorous evidence on the channels mentioned above as well as on the link between ranching and European immigration.…”

Australian and American Settler Capitalism: The Importance of a Comparison and its Curious Neglect

“…17 The Australian Cold War involvement was perhaps to a lesser extent than many other parts of the western bloc since it had no conventional American military bases although it hosted a few very strategic communications, spying, and ballistic control bases. 18 For example M. Alexander (1989b); Dingle and Merrett (1985); Duncan and Fogarty (1984); Dyster (1979); Lloyd (1987); ; . 19 There have been methodological discussions of such and several comparative studies of America and Australia in recent times, including Bickerton (1976); Churchward (1979); Cross (1996); Goodman (1994); Kernek (1969).…”

Foreign Creditors and the Politics of Development in Australia and Argentina, 1880-1913

“…Let us examine three typical arguments. Dyster (1979) claims the two countries diverged in the early nineteenth century when a mercantile class oriented to domestic consumption emerged in Australia but not Argentina. This trading class prevented Australian landowners from repressing workers and forced landowners to replace convict labor with free immigrant workers.…”

“…The analysts surveyed above (Ehrensaft and Armstrong, 1978;Dyster, 1979;Senghaas, 1985), following Amin (1974), would argue that industrial development depends on circumstances arising from the flatter distribution of income associated with small landowners. Tenants were unwilling to invest in housing and the accumulation of household goods or in immovable capital goods for production, like wells.…”

“…Many scholars have compared Argentina and Australia in search of answers to this question. Most of these scholars believe the key differences accounting for Australia's growth and stability and Argentina's instability and stagnation emerged at the end of the nineteenth century (inter alia, see Smithies, 1965;Moran, 1970;Ehrensaft and Armstrong, 1978;Dyster, 1979;Fogarty and Gallo, 1979;Denoon, 1983;Duncan and Fogarty, 1985;Platt and di Tella, 1985;Senghaas, 1985). Despite a diversity of theoretical approaches, these studies all accept the notion that large landholders impede development.…”