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From Classical Economics to Development Economics

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Gerald M. Meier

    1. Stanford University, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University, USA

    Gerald M. Meier

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Classical Economics to Development Economics

  • Editors: Gerald M. Meier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23342-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-12033-7Due: 08 April 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23342-7Published: 15 May 1994

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 262

  • Topics: Development Economics

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