Toye, John, 1936-1992

The UN and global political economy : trade, finance, and development / John Toye and Richard Toye. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004. - xv, 393 p. ; 24 cm. - United Nations intellectual history project . - United Nations intellectual history project (Series) .

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

The UN trade and development debates of the 1940s -- The UN recruits economists -- Michal Kalecki, the "World Economic Report" and McCarthyism -- From full employment to economic development -- The early terms-of trade controversy -- ECLA, industrialization and inflation -- Competitive coexistence and the politics of modernization -- The birth of UNCTAD -- UNCTAD under Raúl Prebisch: success or failure? -- World monetary problems and the challenge of commodities -- The conservative counterrevolution of the 1980s -- What lessons for the future?

A dramatic account of the UN's struggle over how best to understand severe inequities in the global economy.

9780253216861 (pbk.) 0253216869 (pbk.)


United Nations--History.
Naciones Unidas--Historia


International economic relations--History--20th century.
Relaciones económicas internacionales

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