PHILIP ARESTIS is University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Senior Research Fellow, Wolfson College Cambridge, UK, and Professor of Economics at the Levy Economics Institute, New York City, USA. His research interests are in the areas of macroeconomics, monetary economics, applied econometrics, political economy and applied political economy. He has published a number of books and has contributed in the form of invited chapters to books, having published widely in academic journals. MALCOLM SAWYER is Professor of Economic

• Preface Neoliberalism, Democracy and Economic Policy in Latin America; A.Saad-Filho, F.Iannini & E.J.Molinari Assessing the Economic Policies of President Lula da Silva in Brazil: Has Fear Defeated Hope?; P.Arestis, L.F.de Paula & F.Ferrari Chile between Neoliberalism and Equitable Growth; R.Ffrench-Davis A Case of Disruptive International Financial Integration: Argentina in the Late Twentieth Century and Early Twenty First; M.Damill & R.Frenkel Recent Political Economy in Venezuela; C.Pagliacci & J.Portillo Does Political Stability Matter? Evidence from Ecuador 1990-2005; D.Igliori & G.Long