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Economists and Development: Rediscovering Old Truths

Journal of Economic Literature 2016
A SPATE OF economic literature appeared in the late 'fifties and early 'sixties as the advanced nations' governments and economists turned their attention to the so-called developing nations. A recent survey of subsequent contributions to the theory and practice of reveals less that is new and important. Meanwhile poverty persists in the less developed countries (LDCs). And economists are realizing that several social sciences are involved. What else has been discovered or relearned during the decade of development now drawing to its close?'

Population and Development: A General Model

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1963 77(1), 55
Introduction, 55. — A general model, 56. — “Realistic” Case I: (Y/P)′ > (Y/P)½ 58. — The Nelson theorem, 61. — The neo-Malthusian approach, 63. — Prospects for development, 66. — Conclusion, 69.

Some Gains from Trade in Producer Goods

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1961 75(4), 635
Introduction, 635. — Balanced trade in consumer goods, 636. — Balanced trade in consumer goods and producer goods, 637. — Unbalanced but offsetting trade in producer and consumer goods, 639. — A pedagogical comment, 642.

Controlling Consumers in the Event of Future Wars

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1958 72(4), 558
I. Introduction, 558. — II. Some alternative wars and their economic impacts, 558. — III. Alternative suggestions for an over-all expenditure ration, 563. — IV. A pessimistic but realistic program, 569. — V. Concluding comment, 572.

Speculations on Population Growth and Economic Development

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1957 71(1), 19
I. Common problems of backward countries, 19. — II. Birth rates and death rates, 22. — III. Output and employment in agriculture, 24. — IV. Labor and population relocation through private and public investment, 25. — V. Two contrasting investment policies, 27. — VI. Taxes and incentives, 32. — VII. International trade and finance and economic development, 33. — VIII. Concluding summary, 35.

Some Economic Aspects of Fissionable Material

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1954 68(2), 217
I. Introduction, 217. — II. Demand determinates for fissionable material, 218. — III. Supply determinates of fissionable material, 224. — IV. The dynamic problem, 227. — V. Possible solution by period prices, 229. — VI. A political caveat, 231.

Resource Malallocation within Firms

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1949 63(4), 572
Journal Article Resource Malallocation within Firms Get access Stephen Enke Stephen Enke University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 63, Issue 4, November 1949, Pages 572–576, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882141 Published: 01 November 1949

Monopolistic Output and International Trade

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1946 60(2), 233
Relation to the author's previous article, 233. — I. Definitions and assumptions, 233. — II. Price policies of a monopolistic producer selling in both domestic and foreign market, 234. — III. A particular firm engaged exclusively in export trade, 237. — IV. Many exporters and importers in rivalry with one another: monopoly possibilities in the export trade, 238; monopsony possibilities in the import trade, 240; internal monopoly and monopsony, 242. — V. The international interest, 244. — VI. Assumptions, methods, criteria, 247. — VII. Conclusions, 249.

The Monopsony Case for Tariffs

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(2), 229
I. An importing country may sometimes find it profitable to act as a monopsonist, 229. — II. Case (1) : no foreign trade, 230. — Case (2) : entire home consumption imported, 230. — Case (3) : home consumption supplied by imports and domestic production, 233. — III. Gain of the monopsonist country is less than the loss of the exporting country, 236.— Comparison with Barone's reasoning, 238. — IV. Assumptions made, methods pursued, criteria favored, 239. — V. Summary of conclusions, 243.

Space and Value

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1942 56(4), 627
I. Marshall's treatment of space, 627. — II. Assumptions, 628. — Six cases distinguished, 629. — Comment on these cases, 633. — III. Preliminary assumptions sometimes determine conclusions of economic analysis: Chamberlin on rent, 635. — Conclusions, 637.