THE ARGENTINE CAPITALISM IN THE POST-CONVERTIBILITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SCOPE OF PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES

Abstract

The article analyzes the main transformations occurred in Argentina in production and technology in the decade since the collapse of the convertibility regime in December 2001. This is carried out at two differential analytical levels. First, an analysis of the trajectory of the manufacturing sector, emphasizing the existence of a new growth dynamic that has reversed the desindustrializing trend developed during the quarter of a century that preceded it and at the same time, the continuity of some of their critical regressive bias. Second, the major transformations in the scientific-technological policies, the strengthening of the state capacity and the commissioning of new instruments for the promotion and incentive to the development of human resources and knowledge intensive production activities are analyzed. It is argued that this set of transformations allow conceive of a new harmony in shaping relationships between production performance and scientific-technological policy.