Claudio Katz

Abstract

Claudio Katz was born in Argentina in 1954. He is an economist, a member of the National Council for Science and Technology of Argentina, a professor at the University of Buenos Aires, and the director of several research projects. Katz is the author of numerous interpretation texts of contemporary capitalism and about the global economic crisis. He participates actively in continental forums on free trade disputes, external debt, and militarization. As a member of the of EDI (Leftist Economists), he has published several studies on the political and social situation of both Argentina and of Latin America. Among his publications, the limelight is on the books titled El porvenir del socialismo (The Future of Socialism) (2004) and Las disyuntivas de la izquierda en América Latina (The Crisis of the Left in Latin America) (first edition, 2008), which received honorable mentions from the Premio Libertador al Pensamiento Crítico, and 'El rediseño de América Latina. Alca, Mercosur y Alba' (2006), and 'La economia marxista, hoy. Seis debates teóricos' (2009). In this interview, granted to Trabalho, Educação e Saúde in June 2010, Katz discusses some of his reflections on the contemporary reality of Latin American, noting the criticism of the socalled 'new development,' the socialist perspective of the concept of democracy, and the validity of Latin America Marxism.