Equality The Third World And Economic Delusion

Author : Péter Tamás Bauer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674259866

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Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion by Péter Tamás Bauer Pdf

Even in impoverished countries lacking material and human resources, P. T. Bauer argues, economic growth is possible under the right conditions. These include a certain amount of thrift and enterprise among the people, social mores and traditions which sustain them, and a firm but limited government which permits market forces to work. Challenging many views about development that are widely held, Bauer takes on squarely the notion that egalitarianism is an appropriate goal. He goes on to argue that the population explosion of less-developed countries has on the whole been a voluntary phenomenon and that each new generation has lived better than its forebears. He also critically examines the notion that the policies and practices of Western nations have been responsible for third world poverty. In a major chapter, he reviews the rationalizations for foreign aid and finds them weak; while in another he shows that powerful political clienteles have developed in the Western nations supporting the foreign aid process and probably benefiting more from it than the alleged recipients. Another chapter explores the link between the issue of Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund on the one hand and the aid process on the other. Throughout the book, Bauer carefully examines the evidence and the light it throws on the propositions of development. Although the results of his analysis contradict the conventional wisdom of development economics, anyone who is seriously concerned with the subject must take them into account.

Author : P. T. Bauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:987228719

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Equality, the third world and economic delusion by P. T. Bauer Pdf

Author : Péter Tamás Bauer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674212827

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Dissent on Development by Péter Tamás Bauer Pdf

With style and imagination, this iconoclastic work covers the major issues in development economics. In eight carefully reasoned essays, P. T. Bauer challenges most of the accepted notions and supports his views with evidence drawn from a wide range of primary sources and direct experience. The essays were selected on the basis of their interest to students and general readers from Bauer's book, Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics. Reviewing the previous work, the Wall Street Journal wrote: "It could have a profound impact on our thinking about the entire development question... Quite simply, it is no longer possible to discuss development economics intelligently without coming to grips with the many arguments P. T. Bauer marshalled in this extraordinary work."

Author : P. T. Bauer,Péter Tamás Bauer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 0674749472

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Reality and Rhetoric by P. T. Bauer,Péter Tamás Bauer Pdf

Reality and Rhetoric is the culmination of P. T. Bauer's observations and reflections on Third World economies over a period of thirty years. He critically examines the central issues of market versus centrally planned economies, industrial development, official direct and multinational resource transfers to the Third World, immigration policy in the Third World, and economic methodology. In addition, he has written a fascinating account of recent papal doctrine on income inequality and redistribution in the Third World. The major themes that emerge are the importance of non-economic variables, particularly people's aptitudes and mores, to economic growth; the unfortunate results of some current methods of economics; the subtle but important effects of the exchange economy on development; and the politicization of economic life in the Third World. As in Bauer's previous writings, this book is marked by elegant prose, apt examples, a broad economic-historical perspective, and the masterful use of informal reasoning.

Author : David Clark
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847202864

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The Elgar Companion to Development Studies by David Clark Pdf

If handbooks can be inspiring, this is it! Like a true companion, it takes in its stride conversations both big and small. Its entries do not just present an international and multidisciplinary mix, but true to life they work on several different scales. And, importantly, the book makes its authority evident. For it is like an extended website, but with all the added advantages of an encyclopaedia that actually tells you about the authors and the sources on which they have drawn. The resulting compilation is highly intelligent, thoughtful and above all usable. Dame Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge, UK The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is a major production in the development studies field, authored by a star-studded cast of contributors. With 136 entries covering a vast range of topics, it should quickly establish itself as a leading work of reference. We should all feel indebted to David Clark, who has successfully brought this substantial publishing project to completion. John Toye, University of Oxford, UK This is a most comprehensive handbook on development studies. It brings together a wide, varied array of carefully crafted summaries of 136 key topics in development by an international cast of well-respected academics and other experts in respective areas of study. The handbook is heavily interdisciplinary, organically combining economic, political, historical, social, cultural, institutional, ethical, and human aspects of development. While the wide range of entries might appear as a simple glossary listing or an encyclopedic collection, each of the 136 entries offers more depth and discussion than the average handbook. . . . Viewed in this light, this companion is highly likely to become known as a leading reference work on the topic. Highly recommended. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, Choice The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and practical issues relating to economic, social, cultural, institutional, political and human aspects of development in poor countries. It also includes a selection of intellectual biographies of leading development thinkers. While the Companion is organised along the lines of an encyclopaedia, each of its 136 entries provide more depth and discussion than the average reference book. Its entries are also extremely diverse: they draw on different social science disciplines, incorporate various mixes of theoretical and applied work, embrace a variety of methodologies and represent different views of the world. The Elgar Companion to Development Studies will therefore appeal to students, scholars, researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the filed of development as well as the interested layman.

Author : Bauer
Publisher : University Press of Amer
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1977-12-01
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 0896330028

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Western Guilt and Third World Poverty by Bauer Pdf

Author : David Pilling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781408893722

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The Growth Delusion by David Pilling Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 'A near miracle' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism According to the economy, we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way? The Growth Delusion explores how we prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs. So much of what is important to our well-being, from safe streets to sound minds, lies outside the purview of statistics. In a book that is both thought-provoking and entertaining, David Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies, and proposes different criteria for measuring our success.

Author : Thomas E. Woods
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0739110365

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The Church and the Market by Thomas E. Woods Pdf

Filling a lapse in the debate on the role of religious thought in economic theory, The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, informed by the history of Catholic economic thought, shows that the long-seen contradiction between Catholic faith and support for the market economy does not exist.

Author : Lawrence E. Harrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Culture
ISBN : OCLC:755248792

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Underdevelopment is a State of Mind by Lawrence E. Harrison Pdf

Author : Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315285474

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Development in the Third World: From Policy Failure to Policy Reform by Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. Pdf

This book is a study of Third World economic development and the factors which have made development so elusive. It discusses the policy reform necessary to spur development as well as the relationship between development theory and policy. The author argues that the key to successful development policy is through reduced state intervention, and that to the extent state intervention is necessary, it should be through rather than against the market mechanism.

Author : Mark Skousen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781621577713

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Economic Logic Fifth Edition by Mark Skousen Pdf

In Economic Logic, Mark Skousen offers a step-by-step approach to economics showing how microeconomics and macroeconomics are logically linked together. The fully revised fifth edition introduces a major breakthrough in macroeconomics: a "top line" in national income accounting called Gross Output. Also included: a powerful four-stage universal model of the economy, a new "growth" diagram, a new diagram of the optimal size of government, and new alternatives to the standard Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand curves. Economic Logic is also the first and only textbook to begin with a profit-and-loss income statement to demonstrate the dynamics of the economy. To aid students in comprehending the economic lessons, many other disciplines are integrated into the study of economics, including finance, business, marketing, management, history, and sociology.

Author : Mark Skousen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781596987487

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Economic Logic Third Edition by Mark Skousen Pdf

They said it couldn’t be done. Austrian economics is so different, they said, that it couldn’t be integrated into standard “neo-classical” textbooks. Consequently, college students learn nothing about the great Austrian economists (Mises, Hayek, Schumpeter). Professor Mark Skousen’s Economic Logic aims to change that. Based on his popular course taught at Columbia University, Skousen starts his “micro” section with Carl Menger’s “theory of the good” and the profit-and-loss income statement to explain the dynamics of the market process, entrepreneurship, and the advantages of saving.

Author : Robin Attfield,Barry Wilkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134914869

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International Justice and the Third World by Robin Attfield,Barry Wilkins Pdf

International Justice and the Third World vindicates belief in global or universal justice, and explores both liberal and Marxist grounds for such belief. It also investigates the presuppositions of belief in development, and relates it to sustainability, to environmentalism, and to the obligation to cancel Third World debt.

Author : Jessica Whyte
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786633132

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The Morals of the Market by Jessica Whyte Pdf

The fatal embrace of human rights and neoliberalism Why did the rise of human rights in the 1970s coincide with the institutionalisation of neoliberalism? And why has the neoliberal age also been the age of human rights? Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society.In the wake of World War Two, neoliberals saw demands for new rights to social welfare and self-determination as threats to ‘civilisation’. Yet, rather than rejecting rights, they developed a distinctive account of human rights as tools to depoliticise civil society, protect private investments and shape liberal subjects. Honing in on neoliberal political thought, Whyte shows that the neoliberals developed a stark dichotomy between politics, conceived as conflictual, coercive and violent, and civil society, which they depicted as a realm of mutually-beneficial, voluntary, market relations between individual subjects of rights. In mobilising human rights to provide a moral language for a market society, neoliberals contributed far more than is often realised to today’s politics of human rights.

Author : Peter Burnell,Vicky Randall,Lise Rakner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199570836

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Politics in the Developing World by Peter Burnell,Vicky Randall,Lise Rakner Pdf

The third edition of this acclaimed anthology explores the changing nature of politics in the developing world in the twenty-first century. Featuring work from an esteemed line-up of international contributors, Politics in the Developing World, Third Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of the field by combining theoretical approaches with discussions on social and cultural context, state governance, and such key policy issues as the environment and human rights. In addition, a section of in-depth case studies allows students to compare the political situations in a wide range of developing countries, from Indonesia and Iraq to India and China. Revised and updated, the third edition features: * New chapters on "Institutional Approaches" and "From Conflict to Peace-Building" and a reworked chapter on governance, aid, and globalization * Three new extended case studies on India, Iraq, and China * Updated material throughout that reflects the ongoing evolution of political regimes and development policies in the wake of recent events including the 2008 global financial crisis A Companion Website featuring student resources including case studies (updated with new material, including cases on Iran and Brazil), a flashcard glossary, study questions, and links