Latin American neo-structuralism is a cutting-edge, regionally focused economic theory with broad implications for macroeconomics and development economics. Roberto Frenkel has spent five decades developing the theory's core arguments and expanding their application throughout the discipline,...

The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance. Though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Yet financial liberalization since the 1970s has...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Traders and the Development Frontier -- 2. Economic Progress and Occupational Distribution: Numbers, Roles, and Categories -- 3. Population, Welfare, and Development: Gloom Dispelled -- 4. Foreign Aid: Central Component of World Development? -- 5. The...

Biographical note: GalbraithJohn Kenneth: John Kenneth Galbraith was Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. James Goodman is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- One. Public Finance and Economic Development -- 1. Public Finance and Development in Colombia -- 2. The Developmental Task of Tax Policy -- Two. Tax Structure Reform -- 3. Growth, Equity, and the Income Tax -- 4. Taxation and the Allocation of...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Staple Theory of Export-led Growth -- 3. Barriers to Export-led Growth -- 4. Export-led Growth in Peru -- 5. The Fishmeal Industry in Peru -- 6. The Production Function for Fishmeal -- 7. Backward Linkages -- 8....

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Comparative Economic History -- 2. Group Behavior and International Trade -- 3. The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe, 1820 to 1875 -- 4. The Formation of Financial Centers -- 5. Commercial Expansion and the Industrial Revolution -- 6. European Port...