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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786873603321

Autore

Toro Hardy Alfredo <1950->

Titolo

The world turned upside down : the complex partnership between China and Latin America / / Alfredo Toro Hardy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2013

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

981-4452-57-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Series on contemporary China, , 1793-0847 ; ; vol. 34

Gale eBooks

Series on contemporary China, , 1793-0847 ; ; v. 34

Disciplina

337.5108

Soggetti

China Foreign economic relations Latin America

Latin America Foreign economic relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by Geoffrey Hawthorn; Foreword by Xulio Ríos; Foreword by L. Enrique García; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Endnotes; Chapter 1 Emerging China; Shareholder capitalism versus stakeholder capitalism; The Washington Consensus; The GATT Uruguay Round; The pendulum starts swinging back; The Asian crisis; The Beijing Consensus; The Singapore model; China and the developing world; The Lewis turning point; China's ruder; Chapter 2 A Declining West; Mighty Chiindia; The Indian model; A multicultural globalisation; The Global South and shareholder capitalism

The West: An embattled fortressThe United States lagging behind; Obama's response to a rising China; 2008: The American decline; The Euro zone's nightmare; Timing incompatibility and incompatible objectives; Japan's three "D"s; The West's lonely band; Decoupling; Chapter 3 A Dragon in Latin Lands; The dragon that appeared from nowhere; What is Latin America?; Latin America plus the Caribbean; The import-substituting industrialisation process; Flaws, results and implosion; Opening of the gates; China's redeeming virtue; Mexican-type economies; Brazilian-type economies



China's investments and loansThe in between economies; Commodities: Curse or development opportunity?; Chapter 4 Is There a Future for Latin America?; Between China's torch and technology's Damocles sword; Where does Latin America go from here?; Commodities exporters' first steps; The Belindia syndrome; Services: The new exports frontier; Global chains of value; Infrastructural development; Sovereign wealth funds; White paper and negotiations; Conclusion; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Acting as a Sorcerer's Apprentice, the West incorporated 1.3 billion Chinese and 1.2 billion Indians into the world's labour equation within a context of lower production costs. This resulted in erosion of its competitive capacity and social stability, while greatly benefiting developing economies, many of which were able to emerge with unprecedented speed. With China as the main engine, the developing economies have become increasingly integrated, sustaining in the process a fundamental part of the global trade growth. While this phenomenon took shape, excesses within Western economies genera