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Neoliberalism from belowVerónica Gago

Neoliberalism from below

2017282 pages
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"In Neoliberalism from Below--first published in Argentina in 2014--Verónica Gago examines how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but also by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other marginalized groups. Using the massive illegal market La Salada in Buenos Aires as a point of departure, Gago shows how alternative economic practices, such as the sale of counterfeit goods produced in illegal textile factories, resist neoliberalism while simultaneously succumbing to its models of…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2017
    Duke University Press · 288 pages · 9780822372738
  • Other · English · 2017
    277 pages · 9780822368830
FairsUnder-the-table employmentLa Salada (Buenos Aires, Argentina)Informal sector (Economics)NeoliberalismPragmaticsInformal sector (economics)