The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy

This paper analyses the economic diagnoses and debates during the 1983 campaign in Argentina, focusing on leading economists of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). To do so, the reports carried out by the team of economic journalists of the weekly Mercado are analysed in relation to other journalistic so...

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Autor principal: Rossi, Ignacio Andrés
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Publicado: Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales - Universidad Nacional de Rosari 2025
Materias:
deuda externa
inflación
sistema financiero
democracia
external debt
inflation
financial system
democracy
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spelling I15-R213-article-7012025-12-23T18:11:00Z The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy La campaña de 1983: los economistas radicales y los debates de política económica para la democracia Rossi, Ignacio Andrés deuda externa inflación sistema financiero democracia external debt inflation financial system democracy This paper analyses the economic diagnoses and debates during the 1983 campaign in Argentina, focusing on leading economists of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). To do so, the reports carried out by the team of economic journalists of the weekly Mercado are analysed in relation to other journalistic sources, statistics and testimonials that allow us to reconstruct the economy of the campaign during the transition to democracy. The radical economists surveyed would be central protagonists of the economic policy of radicalism in the government, especially during the stage of Minister Bernardo Grinspun (1983-1985), which allowed the premature identification of many of the tensions that would be faced on various fronts (foreign debt, inflation, financial system, etc.). It was observed in the discussions opened by the economic leaders of radicalism that the priority issues were foreign debt, reactivation, inflation and the financial system. Despite the similarities, there were also some differences on issues that revolved around how to reactivate the economy, how to induce a reduction in inflation, the real possibilities of paying the external debt or how to manage the financial system, which foreshadowed the tensions to come. El trabajo analiza los diagnósticos y debates económicos durante la campaña de 1983 en Argentina, con el foco puesto en los economistas referentes de la Unión Cívica Radical (UCR). Para ello, se analizan los reportajes llevados a cabo oportunamente por el equipo de periodistas económicos del semanario Mercado en relación con otras fuentes periodísticas, estadísticas y testimoniales que permiten reconstruir la economía de la campaña durante la transición a la democracia. Los economistas radicales relevados fueron protagonistas centrales de la política económica del radicalismo en el gobierno, especialmente en la etapa del ministro Bernardo Grinspun (1983-1985), lo que permitió identificar de forma prematura muchas de las tensiones a las que se enfrentarían en diversos frentes (deuda externa, inflación, sistema financiero, entre otras). Se pudo observar en las discusiones abiertas por los referentes económicos del radicalismo que los temas prioritarios giraron en torno a la deuda externa, la reactivación, la inflación y el sistema financiero. También que, pese a las coincidencias entre ellos, hubo algunas distancias sobre cómo reactivar la economía, cómo inducir una baja de la inflación, las posibilidades reales de pagar la deuda externa o de qué forma manejar el sistema financiero que adelantaban las tensiones por venir. Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales - Universidad Nacional de Rosari 2025-12-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://temasydebates.unr.edu.ar/index.php/tyd/article/view/701 Temas y Debates; Núm. 50 (2025); 105-133 1853-984X 1666-0714 10.35305/tyd.vi50 spa https://temasydebates.unr.edu.ar/index.php/tyd/article/view/701/460
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topic deuda externa
inflación
sistema financiero
democracia
external debt
inflation
financial system
democracy
spellingShingle deuda externa
inflación
sistema financiero
democracia
external debt
inflation
financial system
democracy
Rossi, Ignacio Andrés
The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy
topic_facet deuda externa
inflación
sistema financiero
democracia
external debt
inflation
financial system
democracy
author Rossi, Ignacio Andrés
author_facet Rossi, Ignacio Andrés
author_sort Rossi, Ignacio Andrés
title The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy
title_short The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy
title_full The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy
title_fullStr The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy
title_full_unstemmed The 1983 Campaign: Radical Economists and Economic Policy Debates for Democracy
title_sort 1983 campaign: radical economists and economic policy debates for democracy
description This paper analyses the economic diagnoses and debates during the 1983 campaign in Argentina, focusing on leading economists of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). To do so, the reports carried out by the team of economic journalists of the weekly Mercado are analysed in relation to other journalistic sources, statistics and testimonials that allow us to reconstruct the economy of the campaign during the transition to democracy. The radical economists surveyed would be central protagonists of the economic policy of radicalism in the government, especially during the stage of Minister Bernardo Grinspun (1983-1985), which allowed the premature identification of many of the tensions that would be faced on various fronts (foreign debt, inflation, financial system, etc.). It was observed in the discussions opened by the economic leaders of radicalism that the priority issues were foreign debt, reactivation, inflation and the financial system. Despite the similarities, there were also some differences on issues that revolved around how to reactivate the economy, how to induce a reduction in inflation, the real possibilities of paying the external debt or how to manage the financial system, which foreshadowed the tensions to come.
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