Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007) - Classical Development Economics and Its Relevance for Today

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert Klappentext 'Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today' presents a selection of papers that casts new insight on Nurkse's thought, and discusses his relevance for today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The Relevance of Ragnar Nurkse and Development Economics; The Life and Times of Ragnar Nurkse; Nurkse and the Role of Finance in Development Economics; Early Development Theory from Sun Yat-Sen to Ragnar Nurkse; The Roots of the Unequal Exchange; Nurkse and the Latin American Development Tradition (Prebisch/CEPAL); Industrializing the Periphery; Ragnar Nurkse and the Law&Economics of Development; The Influence of Keynes and Schumpeter on Nurkse's Development Theory; Nurkse Meets Schumpeter; Is the Accumulation of International Reserves Good for Development?; International Currency Experience and the Bretton Woods Agreement; Some Reflections on Nurkse’s ‘Patterns of Trade and Development’; India and Development Economics; Notes

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• Authors: Rainer Kregel Kattel
• Assisted by: Rainer Kattel (Editor), Jan A. Kregel (Editor), Erik S. Reinert (Editor)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2009
• EAN: 9781843317869
• ISBN: 978-1-84331-786-9
• No. of pages: 364
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous