How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor - Couverture souple

Reinert, Erik S

 
9781541762893: How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
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ISBN 10 : 1541762894 ISBN 13 : 9781541762893
Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2019

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Erik S. Reinert, author of Globalization, Economic Development and Inequality: An Alternative Perspective (2004), is Professor of Technology, Governance and Development Strategies at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and President of The Other Canon Foundation, Norway. He is one of the world's leading heterodox development economists. He lives in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Éditeur
PublicAffairs
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1541762894
ISBN 13 
9781541762893
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
432
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1845298748 ISBN 13 :  9781845298746
Editeur : Constable, 2008
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