This paper analyzes Raúl Prebisch’s less familiar contributions to economic theory, related to the business cycle, and heavily informed by the Argentinean experience. His views of the cycle emphasize the common nature of the cycle in the center and the periphery as one unified phenomenon....

Chapter 1: The lives, times and contributions of Roy Harrod -- Chapter 2: The early writings on the trade cycle and imperfect competition -- Chapter 3: The trade cycle -- Chapter 4: The Essay in Dynamic Theory -- Chapter 5: Statics, dynamics and the history of economic thought -- Chapter 6:...

"Economic and social development is a major topic of discussion in courses across the social sciences, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment in Latin America. New ideas have led to...