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Title

The poverty of "development economics" / Deepak Lal.

Author

Lal, Deepak

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.

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Description

xx, 175 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Economic development
• Development economics

Note

• Previously published: 2nd ed. London : Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175) and index.

Contents

• Preface 1997 / Deepak Lal -- 1. The Dirigiste Dogma. 1. The Alleged Irrelevance of Orthodox Economics. 2. The Keynesian Heritage. 3. The Neglect of Welfare Economics. 4. The Theoretical Attack on Laissez-Faire. 5. The Limits of Rational Dirigisme -- 2. The External Environment 1: Trade. 1. The First Protectionist Wave. 2. The Orthodox Counter-Attack. 3. The New Wave of Protectionism. 4. The Terms of Trade. 5. Dependency Theories. 6. Free Trade and Laissez-Faire -- 3. The External Environment II: Commodities and Foreign Capital. 1. International Commodity Agreements. 2. International Capital Flows -- 4. Industrialisation and Planning. 1. The Promotion of Industry. 2. On Planning. 3. Foretelling the Future. 4. Picking Industrial 'Winners'. 5. Social Cost-Benefit Analysis. 6. Some Industrial Strategies. 7. Indian Industrialisation in Historical Perspective -- 5. Poverty, Inequality and Employment. 1. Ethics. 2. Surplus Labour, Growth and Labour Incomes.
• 3. 'Unemployment' and Poverty. 4. Rural Development. 5. Land Reform. 6. Appropriate Goods and Technologies. 7. 'Basic Needs' -- 6. Some General Conclusions. Imperfect Markets Superior to Imperfect Planning. Unlamented Demise of 'Development Economics'. App. A Guide to 'Second-Best' Welfare Theory -- 7. Postscript 1997. 1. The Overall Trends. 2. Events and Ideas. 3. The Mutations of Dirigiste Dogma. 4. New Horizons.

ISBN

0262122340 (alk. paper)

LCCN

00021974

OCLC

• ocm43323779
• SCSB-3979302

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries