How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay PoorPublicAffairs, 2019 M10 1 - 432 pages A maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor---and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way. Throughout history, some combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment has driven successful development everywhere from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Yet despite the demonstrable success of this approach, development economists largely ignore it and insist instead on the importance of free trade. Somehow, the thing that made rich nations rich supposedly won't work on poor countries anymore. Leading heterodox economist Erik Reinert's invigorating history of economic development shows how Western economies were founded on protectionism and state activism and only later promoted free trade, when it worked to their advantage. In the tug-of-war between the gospel of government intervention and free-market purists, the issue is not that one is more correct, but that the winning nation tends to favor whatever benefits them most. As Western countries begin to sense that the rules of the game they set were rigged, Reinert's classic book gains new urgency. His unique and edifying approach to the history of economic development is critical reading for anyone who wants to understand how we got here and what to do next, especially now that we aren't so sure we'll be the winners anymore. |
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... European ideas , and at Kress I met Fritz Redlich ( 1892-1978 ) , a surviving member of the German Historical School , who introduced me to Werner Sombart . What is original in this book was embryonically there in my Ph.D. thesis ...
... European ideas , and at Kress I met Fritz Redlich ( 1892-1978 ) , a surviving member of the German Historical School , who introduced me to Werner Sombart . What is original in this book was embryonically there in my Ph.D. thesis ...
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... European Union – is the exact opposite of Keynesianism: austerity. It was probably in Peru that austerity first became an official national policy in 1978. The Peruvian government declared it the year of austerity, and a postage stamp ...
... European Union – is the exact opposite of Keynesianism: austerity. It was probably in Peru that austerity first became an official national policy in 1978. The Peruvian government declared it the year of austerity, and a postage stamp ...
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... European Union – including Brexit – testify to the same development there. History is more than 'one damned thing after another', to use a term from a famous historian, and in this book I point to studying the cyclicality of economic ...
... European Union – including Brexit – testify to the same development there. History is more than 'one damned thing after another', to use a term from a famous historian, and in this book I point to studying the cyclicality of economic ...
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... Europe added to general economic and social problems . Already in the late 1830s the social sting in works of ... European countries , with the exception of England and Russia . Three major economic works saw the light of day in ...
... Europe added to general economic and social problems . Already in the late 1830s the social sting in works of ... European countries , with the exception of England and Russia . Three major economic works saw the light of day in ...
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... European Economic Community during the 1980s, European policy was extremely focused on making sure manufacturing industry survived in all member nations. The goal was symmetrical integration between nations that all had a solid ...
... European Economic Community during the 1980s, European policy was extremely focused on making sure manufacturing industry survived in all member nations. The goal was symmetrical integration between nations that all had a solid ...
Contents
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Against | |
How the Poor Get Even | |
Red Herrings at the End of History | |
Why the Millennium Goals are a Bad Idea | |
Get the economic activities right or the Lost Art of Creating | |
David Ricardos Theory of Comparative Advantage | |
Frank Grahams Theory of Uneven Development | |
Philipp von Hörnigks Nine Points on How to Emulate the Rich | |
About the Author | |
Notes | |
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