The Quarrel of Policy Advisers That Became Development Experts: Currie and Hirschman in Colombia

Álvarez, Andrés; Guiot-Isaac, Andrés M.; Hurtado, Jimena

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“…As experiências de Hirschman na Colômbia foram importantes para o seu pensamento. Ele foi como economista do Banco Mundial, tendo Lauchlin Currie como líder (Alacevich, 2011;Álvarez;Guiot-Isaac;Hurtado, 2020). Com o início da Guerra Fria, as missões do Banco Mundial tinham o objetivo de convencer as nações das virtudes do capitalismo.…”

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“…Não era esperado dos colombianos entenderem isso por si mesmos porque, como diz a lógica circular, eles vieram de circunstâncias subdesenvolvidas. (Adelman, 2013, p. 307, tradução nossa) Hirschman e Currie entraram em conflito, pois Currie acreditava que o papel do economista era iluminar conceitos econômicos a uma população ignorante e assim facilitar um "grande impulso" (Sandilands, 2018;Álvarez et al, 2020). Hirschman, por outro lado, buscava objetivos mais modestos e enfatizou a falta de controle, como se uma "mão oculta" estivesse por trás dos imprevistos (Hirschman, 1967, p. 12).…”

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The Quarrel of Policy Advisers That Became Development Experts: Currie and Hirschman in Colombia

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Camelot Elétrica: Um Economista Visita a Corte do Rei Arthur

Camelot Elétrica: Um Economista Visita a Corte do Rei Arthur

Economic Responses to Nazi Aggression in Europe: Albert Hirschman and Paul Rosenstein-Rodan on the Economic Sovereignty of Central and Eastern Europe

The Political Economy of a Modern Missionary: E. W. Kemmerer in the Philippines

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