In a neglected work of 1964, Kuznets summarized some of the emerging results of his monumental work on Modern Economic Growth (MEG) and used them to speculate on diversity, interdependence, war, conflict, and cooperation among nations. It was an unusual Kuznets study ‐ speculative rather than...

The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who...

In this chapter we discuss the role of natural resources and endowment structures on structural change. Departing from theories of trade that stress specialization according to one's comparative advantages as the key route to development, we articulate an alternative point of view on the role of...