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The role of the state in economic change / edited by Ha-Joon Chang and Robert Rowthorn.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Studies in development economicsPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 Description: xii, 302 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0198289847
  • 9780198289845
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 87 R745 1995
Summary: The role of the state has occupied centre stage in the development of economics as an independent discipline and is one of the most contentious issues addressed by contemporary economists and political economists. The immediate post-war years saw a swing in economic theory towards interventionism, motivated by the urgent need for reconstruction in advanced capitalist countries, the establishment of socialism in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, and the liberation of many developing nations from colonialism. After a quarter of a century of interventionist policies, a vigourous backlash against.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 87 R745 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000005616

"A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The role of the state has occupied centre stage in the development of economics as an independent discipline and is one of the most contentious issues addressed by contemporary economists and political economists. The immediate post-war years saw a swing in economic theory towards interventionism, motivated by the urgent need for reconstruction in advanced capitalist countries, the establishment of socialism in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, and the liberation of many developing nations from colonialism. After a quarter of a century of interventionist policies, a vigourous backlash against.

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