Lecture 9. Independence and “Development”

11/08/2014 51 min
Lecture 9. Independence and “Development”

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Episode Synopsis

From evolution to development. The post-war boom of developmental states. The neoliberal counter-revolution. ‘Development’ is now just talk without real economic improvement. Capitalism enriches and destroys society (Schumpeter). The 1970s as the origin of our times.

V. Padayachee (ed) The Political Economy of Africa (2010), especially Chapters 1-4, 20, 22.
K Hart & V Padayachee “Development” in K Hart, J-L Laville & A Cattani eds The Human Economy (2010)
M Cowan & R Shenton Doctrines of Development (1996)