The Pioneers of Development Economics
Great Economists on Development
Published on 1. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84277-645-2 (ISBN)
Description
The history of modern economic thought has been pre-occupied with the question of economic transformation or development. This survey of important contributions to the economics of development includes many economists not normally considered as pioneers in this field. The contributors point to the role of imperialist considerations in the early development of economic thought and the development discourse, and the impact of pressures for social and political reform. The economists and thinkers discussed include William Petty, David Ricardo, Friedrich List, Alexander Hamilton, Karl Marx, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Alfred Marshall, Michal Kalecki, John Maynard Keynes, Nicholas Kaldor, Karl Polanyi, Raul Prebisch, Arthur Lewis, Alexander Gerschenkeron and Hans Singer.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84277-645-2 (9781842776452)
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Person
Jomo K. S. (PhD, Harvard, 1978) is Professor in the Applied Economics Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His major book publications include A Question of Class, Growth and Structural Change in the Malaysian Economy, Southeast Asia's Misunderstood Miracle (with others) and Malaysia's Political Economy (with E. T. Gomez). Chang and Khoo are experienced Malaysian researchers,while the other contributors to the volume are all based in Malaysia.
Content
Contents Introduction - Jomo K.S. 1. Why 'Development Economics'? - Prabhat Patnaik 2. William Petty and Some Early Colonial Roots Of Development Economics - Hugh Goodacre 3. Ricardo's Fallacy: Mutual Benefit from Trade Based on Comparative Costs and Specialization? - Utsa Patnaik 4. Friedrich List and the Infant Industry Argument - Mehdi Shafaeddin 5. Karl Marx as a Development Economist - Prabhat Patnaik 6. Lenin and the Agrarian Question - Utsa Patnaik 7. Marshall as a Development Economist - Renee Prendergast 8. Michal Kalecki and the Economics of Development - Jayati Ghosh 9. The Significance of Keynes for Development Economics John Toye 10. Keynes, Kaldor and Economic Development - Amiya Kumar Bagchi 11. Karl Polanyi as a Development Economist - Kari Polanyi Levitt 12. Alexander Gerschenkron and Late Industrialization - C. P. Chandrasekhar 13. Raul Prebisch and Arthur Lewis: The Two Basic Dualities of Development Economics - Kari Polanyi Levitt 14. Sir Hans Singer: Advocating a Fair Distribution of the Fruits of Progress - Kunibert Raffer