Ciencia y tecnología en Argentina 2015-2019. Panorama del ajuste neoliberal

Abstract

The policies implemented for the science and technology sector during the government of President Mauricio Macri are analyzed, in the context of the neo-liberal development model that has driven its management. Focused on the export of raw materials and financial valorization, this model imposed a shift in the direction of the sector evolution. Ongoing projects in areas such as defense, satellital and nuclear development were paralyzed and attempts to boost the national technological industry were suspended. Data and indicators presented show the magnitude of the cuts made to the state investment in S&T, the loss of the real wage of the sector professionals and the deterioration of the working conditions in the R&D activities, in a general framework of structural adjustment and shrinking of the State.