Ideas Policies and Economic Development in the Americas

<p>The interplay of ideas and policies is central to understanding the historical evolution of economies. Ideas shape economic institutions and real economic constraints are the source of new economic ideas. </p><p>The history of economic ideas both those that are fairly recent and those that are considerably older may provide a fertile ground for new approaches to Latin American and Caribbean economic development. However the history of economic ideas and their intricate relation to economic policies remains a relatively unexplored field in Latin American and Caribbean studies. This book is a valuable new contribution to this emerging literature.</p>