...Joseph L. Love The Life and Times of Raúl Prebisch, 1901 – 1986 . By Dosman Edgar J. . Montreal : McGill-Queen’s University Press , 2008 . Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 624 pp. Cloth , $49.95 . Copyright 2010 by Duke University Press 2010 The best-known...

... chapters to Mihail Manoilescu, whose best-known work is Theorie du protectionisme et de l’échange international (1929), objectivity forces him to qualify with “possibly” his statement that Manoilescu influenced Prebisch, noting that Prebisch’s early works do not cite Manoilescu and that Prebisch later...

...Ronald H. Chilcote Pensamiento y obra . By Prebisch Raúl . Buenos Aires : Editorial Tesis , 1988 . Pp. 197 . Paper. Copyright 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 Raúl Prebisch was an Argentine economist whose thought and direction provided the initial basis for the United...

...Antonio H. Obaid Hacia una dinámica del desarrollo latinoamericano . By Prebisch Raul . México , 1963 . Fondo de Cultura Económica . Notes. Appendix . Pp. 210 . Paper . Copyright 1964 by Duke University Press 1964 “We can no longer allow the free play of economic forces...

... Editores , 1979 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 230 . Paper. Copyright 1981 by Duke University Press 1981 In the 1950s, most Latin American countries were confronted with worsening economic problems that led a team of economists headed by Raúl Prebisch to attempt a comprehensive diagnosis...

...” countries writing about “developed” countries. The themes that are dominant involve the problem of substitution and the problem of structural friction. The need for a continuous increase in the rate of capital investment is emphasized by Prebisch although Santa Cruz disagrees with this solution. Both...

... writings of Celso Furtado, Roberto Campos, or Raúl Prebisch, to mention just a few noted Latin American economists who were overlooked? With regard to Prebisch, Nisbet has chosen to present his views as synthesized and evaluated by Werner Baer, in an article dating from 1962 which shows its age. Extended...

... the United States. With a preface by Raúl Prebisch and introductions written by the author for each selection, the volume is a useful record of disenchantment and hope. It is not, and is not intended to be, a reference or an analysis of the origins, decision-making, or impact of this “new” foreign policy...

... in particular, Raúl Prebisch, gives new insights into a critical time in Argentine history when the nation fell from economic grace. In their postscript and conclusions, the editors outline some basic themes expressed by the different contributors. Other themes suggest themselves as well. David Rock...

... of the late Raúl Prebisch seems out of place. A reprint of a series of articles first appearing in 1921 and 1922, his “Historia monetaria argentina” surveys Argentina’s monetary system from the colonial period through the financial panic of 1885 (his analysis of the Baring crisis was omitted), but it is based...

...Harold Eugene Davis The central theme of the book is the Raúl Prebisch theory of the “periphery” as developed in the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America, applied in Latin American development, and, through the UN, in the world at large. Chapter 2 presents the role of Prebisch...

... by the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. The five contributors, Milton S. Eisenhower, Raúl Prebisch, José Figueres, Teodoro Moscoso, and Dean Rusk, and editor John C. Dreier need no introduction to readers of the HAHR . In order the authors concern themselves...

... politicians in the region. Ramamurti’s scenario is compatible with some of the criticisms of the late Raúl Prebisch, founder of the Economic Commission for Latin America—criticisms, however, that McCormack dismisses as shortsighted, given economies of scale. Not surprisingly, Prebisch’s views are wholly...

... course by turning him on to Raul Prebisch’s nascent theory of economic dependency and to Paul Baran’s Monthly Review article on the failure of global development, “The Political Economy of Growth.” Gunder’s iteration of dependency theory, woven from Prebisch’s concepts of center and periphery...

... Press 1972 This is an excellent collection of statements on various topics by Raúl Prebisch or the Economic Commission for Latin America. It is useful in bringing together things published as early as 1951 and as late as 1966. The only new material is a good introductory summary which shows...

... with political implications, it is somewhat interesting that his topic is so loaded with economics. The main driving force in LAFTA has been economics with politics flowing in response. The main theoretical constructs are those of the economist Prebisch, expounded over the past 25 years, and just about...

... Democracy, and Cepalista thought. Although the author occasionally falls into the redundancy trap he seeks to avold, most visibly in three separate expositions of the Prebisch thesis, the approach is largely successful and the study as a whole sheds light upon the extremely complex interaction of factors...

... approaches the four central themes similarly: the main theoretical lines are analyzed alongside the major criticisms. First, analysis of the structuralist school of Raúl Prebisch and the Economic Commission on Latin America focuses on the center-periphery paradigm, terms of trade between center and periphery...

... of the dependency writers they purport to discuss. Despite Prebisch’s lengthy writings on issues of class structure, industrial policy, and unemployment, Bath and James persist in accusing him of focusing chiefly on trade policy. Likewise, Gunder Frank’s writing on problems of accumulation, internal class...

... of the Council of Vatican II’s proposals; dependency theory; guerrilla movements; and nationalism, democracy, and neoliberalism in the post – Cold War era and in the current era of globalization. The book collects contributions by Rigoberta Menchú, Paulo Freire, Eduardo Galeano, Raúl Prebisch, Enzo Faletto...