The Poverty of Development Economics: No. 16 (Hobart Paperbacks) - Softcover

Lal, Deepak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0255364105 ISBN 13: 9780255364102

Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997

Synopsis

This is a classic IEA text, first Published in 1983, but revised and expanded in 1997. Its critique of that type of 'development economics' highly influential in the early 1980s, which the author branded the 'dirigiste dogma', proved extremely controversial in the first few years of the book's life. Professor Lal concluded that the demise of the dogma would be beneficial to the health of 'both economics and the economies of developing countries'. The history of the last twenty years has demonstrated the force of the Lal critique. The dogma in its old form has gone, as Professor Lal shows in a postscript that brings the original text up to date both in terms of statistics and in terms of the history of ideas. Nevertheless, as he warns, dirigiste tendencies have not disappeared, but are emerging in new guises.

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About the Author

Deepak Lal is the James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0255364105
• ISBN 13: 9780255364102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 175