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Title: Re: [OPE-L] Leontief Prize Announcement
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Subject: Leontief Prize Announcement


Tufts Institute Awards Annual Economics Prize
to Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Steven DeCanio
Fall lectures to focus on climate change, global inequality
March 21, 2007
Download the PDF announcement at:
<http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/about_us/leontief/2007LeontiefAnnouncementMar07.pdf>


            Tufts University's Global Development and Environment
Institute announced today that it will award its annual
Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
to development economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram of the United
Nations

I of course found chapter 7 to be especially interesting.

The Long Twentieth Century
Globalization Under Hegemony: The Changing World Economy

Edited by Jomo K. S
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006


 
About the Book

"One of two companion volumes, this collection offers rich historical insights into different dimensions of economic developments as they affect globalization. The essays trace factors that have been responsible for the growing inequalities between the North and the South -- exploitative colonialism as well as trade, capital, and labour flows -- during the 'long twentieth century', the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

The initial essay underscores the significant contribution of transfers
from the colonies for capital accumulation during the early decades of the industrial revolution.

Others compare and contrast the earlier episode of globalization in the half-century before World War I with the contemporary episode since the end of the twentieth century. Some essays consider the significance of capital flows, the terms of trade, and flows of un-free labour in the world economy during the long twentieth century. The concluding essays underscore the significance of pro-active interventional states for all major development events in recent centuries as well as the key role of trade and industrial policies in such efforts.

Taken together, the collection suggests that economic and political globalization during the long twentieth century have benefited the north, often at the expense of the south, besides identifying the necessary conditions for achieving economic development. Written by eminent economists, this wide-ranging book will be valuable for students of economic history, development studies, and world history."

Contents

1. Introduction
Jomo K. S.

2. The Free Lunch: Transfers From The Tropical Colonies And Their Role In Capital Formation In Britain During The Industrial Revolution
Utsa Patnaik

3. Globalisation, History And Development
Deepak Nayyar

4. Globalization Now And Again
Richard Kozul-Wright

5. Capital Flows In The Twentieth Century: From Pax Britannica To Pax Americana
Benjamin Hopenhayn & Alejandro Vanoli

6. The Commodity Terms of Trade And Their Strategic Implications For Development
Jose Antonio Ocampo & Maria Angela Parra

7. International Flows Of Un-free Labour
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

8. The Developmental State Under Imperialism
Amiya Bagchi

9. Trade and Industrial Policies During the Age of Imperialism
Chang Ha-Joon


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