LISTEN TO HOW ECUADOR BECAME THE ANTI-UNITED STATES (EVEN THOUGH USING THE DOLLAR AS THEIR CURRENCY) BY PRACTICING NON-NEOLIBERAL ECONOMICS: THEY PULLED THEMSELVES OUT OF THE 2008-2009 RECESSION AFTER ONLY THREE QUARTERS OF DECLINING GDP WHILE LOWERING THEIR POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT TO LEVELS WELL BELOW WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THE CRISIS BEGAN!

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Is Ecuador's Economic Policy a Non Neo-Liberal Alternative? 

Rebecca Ray: Ecuador's economy continues to grow in spite of recession as they pursue policies that target poverty alleviation 

Bio

Rebecca Ray is a Research Associate for the Center for Economic Research. Her academic fieldwork has included consulting for the Partnership for Food Industry Development in Nicaragua and the Institute for Sustainability Education and Action in Salt Spring Island, Canada.