From Classical Economics to Development Economics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   • Gerald M. Meier

   Pages 1-4

3. The “Progressive State” in Classical Economics

   • Gerald M. Meier

   Pages 5-27

4. In Praise of the Classics

   • Deepak Lal

   Pages 28-50

5. British Classical Economists and Underdevelopment in India

   • William J. Barber

   Pages 51-67

6. Natural Resources, “Vent-for-Surplus”, and the Staples Theory

   • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl

   Pages 68-93

7. Vent for Surplus, the Subsistence Fund, and the Evolution of Money

   • P. J. Drake

   Pages 94-103

8. Exports and Economic Growth

   • R. M. Sundrum

   Pages 104-120

9. Peasant and Plantation in Asia

   • Yujiro Hayami

   Pages 121-134

10. Traders and Development

    • Peter Bauer, Gerald M. Meier

    Pages 135-143

11. Development as a Societal Problem in a Colonial Setting

    • W. W. Rostow

    Pages 144-172

12. From Colonial Economics to Development Economics

    • Gerald M. Meier

    Pages 173-196

13. Gamagori: In Retrospect

    • H. W. Arndt

    Pages 197-204

14. Structural Adjustment Policy: Asian Experience

    • Shigeru Ishikawa

    Pages 205-225

15. Government and Economic Growth

    • Lloyd G. Reynolds

    Pages 226-241

16. The Future in Perspective

    • Gerald M. Meier

    Pages 242-252

17. Back Matter

    Pages 253-262

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Most development economists are versed only in the post-World War II period of their subject. But economic growth was a major concern in the 18th century, and colonial economics and policy commanded much attention in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. A return to these earlier concerns can now provide present-day development economists with a greater appreciation of the intellectual history of their subject. Even more, such a return might strengthen the conceptual and empirical foundations of the subject. These are this book's objectives.

• Asia
• development
• development economics
• economic growth
• economics
• foundation
• growth
• money
• trader

• Stanford University, USA

  Gerald M. Meier

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