Australia y el problema de las inversiones extranjeras

Authors

  • John Fogarty

Abstract

Like all recently colonized regions, Australia has had to base its economic development on a high degree of external dependence, which has resulted in excessive reliance on overseas loans to meet its capital needs, without the owning and foreign control of Australian resources having raised further questions. However, recently the current of concern about this system of foreign control over national companies and the exploitation of the country's resources has been growing. This article looks at this recent turn, which runs counter to the history of foreign investment in Australia.

Keywords:

Australia, Foreign Investment, Multinational Companies, External Capital, Dependency

Author Biography

John Fogarty

Es Profesor de historia económica de la Universidad de Melbourne, Australia. Actualmente está concluyendo su tesis doctoral sobre "El papel de los ferrocarriles en el desarrollo económico de Victoria en el Siglo XIX". Ha publicado diversos trabajos de su especialidad en "Australian economic history review", y en otras publicaciones académicas.