Abstract: Werner Baer, Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, joins Illinois International's Nicole Tami to discuss the recent rise of socialism and renewed popular movements in Latin America.

Title: Illinois International: The Shifting Political Climate in Latin America
Host: Nicole Tami
Associate Director for International Engagement, IECP
Guest: Werner Baer
Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois

Description: Werner Baer is an American economist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics. He received his Bachelor's degree from Queen's College in 1953, and a Master's and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1955 and 1958 respectively. His research centers on Latin America's industrialization and economic development, especially of Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) and Brazil. He discusses the rise of socialism in Latin America with moderator Nicole Tami on this episode of Illinois International.

Sponsor: International Programs and Studies, University of Illinois
Co-sponsor: UI-7, the cable TV service of the University of Illinois