HIERARCHICAL CAPITALISM IN LATIN AMERICA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH OTHER ECONOMIES

Sa？etak The Latin American capitalism is hierarchical (Schneider, 2009), due to the existence of monopolies and oligopolies and with high influence of multinationals and large national companies. That situation has an impact on several variables, both economic and social. The aim of this paper is to compare the three largest economies in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico and Argentina) with other economies that have another type of capitalism, in that way we can extract some effects of the hierarchical capitalism in Latin America. The comparison is based on the following variables: economic growth, innovation and democracy