Charusheela Structuralism and Individualism in Economic Analysis

The "Contractionary Devaluation Debate" in Development Economics
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-40976-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 268 Seiten

Reihe: New Political Economy

This book argues that the debates about the appropriate economic policies to follow in the developing world within the field of development economics are at heart debates about the appropriate ontology to ascribe to agents within the developing world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charusheela, S.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Ontology and Economic Analysis
3. Structuralism and Individualism in Development Economics
4. The Balance of Payments and the Exchange Rate
5. The Contractionary Devaluation Debate Revisited
6. Marxian Theory: An Alternative to Structuralist and Individualist Ontologies
Appendices
A. Interrogating the Walras-Saussure Connection
B. The Roots of Latin American Structuralism