Table of Contents

Preface; The Relevance of Ragnar Nurkse and Development Economics; The Life and Times of Ragnar Nurkse; Nurkse and the Role of Finance in Development Economics; Early Development Theory from Sun Yat-Sen to Ragnar Nurkse; The Roots of the Unequal Exchange; Nurkse and the Latin American Development Tradition (Prebisch/CEPAL); Industrializing the Periphery; Ragnar Nurkse and the Law&Economics of Development; The Influence of Keynes and Schumpeter on Nurkse's Development Theory; Nurkse Meets Schumpeter; Is the Accumulation of International Reserves Good for Development?; International Currency Experience and the Bretton Woods Agreement; Some Reflections on Nurkse's 'Patterns of Trade and Development'; India and Development Economics; Notes

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A selection of papers that casts new insight on Nurkse's thought, and discusses his relevance for today.

About the Author

Rainer Kattel is Professor of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Jan A. Kregel is Senior Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College; the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability at the University of Missouri, Kansas City; and the Tallinn University of Technology. Erik S. Reinert is Chairman of The Other Canon Foundation, Norway, and Professor at Tallinn University of Technology.