Development economics is understood as a postwar phenomenon without antecedents. Yet, Veblen's contribution to development economics was once widely disseminated and acknowledged. Veblen's evolutionary economics centered on historically relative and limited truths applicable to specific...

From 1983 onward, Mexico has unswervingly embraced neoliberalism, following the Washington Consensus. After haltingly sliding toward neoliberalism in the 1990s, Brazil has adopted an economic policy stance, sometimes termed "neodevelopmentalism," entailing a forceful and successful "growth with...