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This slim volume recounts Latin America’s last half-millennium, evaluating watershed moments with Vargas Llosa’s trademark enthusiasm for the free market. Concentrating on such ostensible reforms as the Mexican Revolution, economic nationalism, and the liberalizing policies of the 1990s, the book establishes that Latin America’s statist culture has stifled economic growth by limiting individual rights. Far from liberation, these “reforms” meant that “ownership changed hands while property rights remained in the hands of the government...
...Professor Podolny brings scholarly distinction, administrative experience, and an infectious enthusiasm that will serve us well,” he wrote...
...leadership, both on the state and national levels, combined with her intelligence and enthusiasm, will serve the IOP well,” Ellwood said...
Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby expressed his enthusiasm as well...
Students, too, expressed enthusiasm for the book. Patrick S. Kelly ‘05, who contributed recipes for Brownie Sundaes and Slightly-Better-Sketchy-Meatloaf, said that the cookbook showed that “we have the ability to make good food out of what we’ve got” by taking advantage of what is provided in the dining halls. He added that the book shows how many different options students have, and he said he hopes it will cut down on “some people bitching to the dining hall staff if they don?...