Reality and Rhetoric: Studies in the Economics of Development

Bauer, P.T.

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ISBN 10: 0297783351 ISBN 13: 9780297783350

Published by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, London, 1984

Language: English

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Title: Reality and Rhetoric: Studies in the Economics of Development
Publisher: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, London
Publication Date: 1984
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0297783351
ISBN 13: 9780297783350
Binding: Original Cloth
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Reality and Rhetoric is the culmination of P. T. Bauer's observations and reflections on Third World economies over a period of thirty years. He critically examines the central issues of market versus centrally planned economies, industrial development, official direct and multinational resource transfers to the Third World, immigration policy in the Third World, and economic methodology. In addition, he has written a fascinating account of recent papal doctrine on income inequality and redistribution in the Third World. The major themes that emerge are the importance of noneconomic variables, particularly people's aptitudes and mores, to economic growth; the unfortunate results of some current methods of economics; the subtle but important effects of the exchange economy on development; and the politicization of economic life in the Third World. As in P. T. Bauer's previous writings, this book is marked by elegant prose, apt examples, a broad economic-historical perspective, and the masterful use of informal reasoning.

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P. T. Bauer was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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