Is Import Substitution Still Possible?

Matías Vernengo For a very long time Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) was seen as a four-letter word. The notion was that ISI had led to extensive inefficiencies and that the debt crisis of the 1980s was its last breath. The old ideas about comparative advantage were back with a vengeance, and the prescription was for … Continue reading Is Import Substitution Still Possible?