Book Review: Autopsy of the Civilista Budget – How a Caste Squanders the People’s Money
“There’s nothing to do than study Peru’s history in depth – that’s an essential recommendation of our program of political education – because once you really know it, you immediately understand the historical reason for the Aprista movement. Our party, after five years of manly struggle, has managed to begin the popular crusade for freedom in the country. I leave to the citizen and to the "compañeros" the revealing task of getting to know this book. It is, truly, a complete autopsy. The reading it is a clarifying lesson, a tonic and constructive stimulus.” Haya De la Torre Incahuasi [1] (Peruvian Andes), April 23, 1936 I’m opening this review with the translation of final lines of Haya De la Torre’s prologue because I want to share the spirit I felt while reading the book. This work, published in 1936 by the Technical and Statistical Brigade of the Peruvian Aprista Party, was about forty years ahead of its time. In essence, it’s a political economy work, technical and...