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Subject(s)

• Latin America—Economic policy [Browse]
• Latin America—Economic conditions—1982- [Browse]

Related name

• Vernengo, Matias, 1968- [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in development economics ; 56. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in development economics ; 56 [More in this series]

Summary note

The interplay of ideas and policies is central to understanding the historical evolution of economies. Ideas shape economic institutions and real economic constraints are the source of new economic ideas. The history of economic ideas, both those that are fairly recent and those that are considerably older, may provide a fertile ground for new approaches to Latin American and Caribbean economic development. However, the history of economic ideas and their intricate relation to economic policies remains a relatively unexplored field in Latin American and Caribbean studies. This book i

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Ideas, policies and economic development in the Americas; 2 Method and passion in Celso Furtado; 3 Shifting developmental paradigms in Latin America: Is neoliberalism history?; 4 Exchange rate regimes from a Latin American analytical perspective; 5 The Latin American theory of inflation and beyond; 6 The unfamiliar Raúl Prebisch; 7 Mexico's market reforms in historical perspective; 8 The continuing relevance of the terms of trade and industrialization debates
• 9 Strategies of "industrialization by invitation" in the Caribbean10 Anglo-Saxon versus Latin American structuralism in development economics; 11 Economic ideas and policies in historical perspective: Cairú and Hamilton on trade and finance; Index

ISBN

• 0-429-24198-4
• 1-280-80328-2
• 9786610803286
• 0-203-96402-0

OCLC

476180419

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