Abstract

To a large part, Latin American economic thought is rooted in the view that the state should be the engine of economic development. The theory developed by the Latin American Structuralist School supports this view. ECLAC, a United Nations development commission, is the bastion for the policy agenda branch of structuralism. In spite of its central role in Latin America economic policies, structuralist ideas have hardly been discussed. We trace the historical origins of this school and use the theoretical standpoint of the Austrian School of Economics to talk about its ideas and mistakes.

Details

Title
ECLAC
Author
Paranaiba, Adriano; Fernando Antonio Monteiro Christoph D'Andrea; Samuel Fernandes Lucena Vaz-Curado
Pages
203-231
Section
Artigos
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Revista de Economia Mackenzie
ISSN
16785002
e-ISSN
18082785
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3085312106
Copyright
© 2023. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.