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Gunnar Myrdal published Asian Drama in 1968, which made important analytical contributions to our understanding of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia’s future prospects.
- Myrdal’s Magnum Opus
- Relevance to 21st Century Development Discourse
- References
- Endnotes
Gunnar Myrdal began work on Asian Drama in 1957, more than ten years before its publication. The world view of the time is well captured by something he wrote in 1957: “…there is a small group of countries which are quite well off and a much larger group of extremely poor countries; that the countries in the former group are on the whole firmly set...
However, strong traces of Asian Drama, and of the Myrdal before and after Asian Drama, are to be found in in the 21st century development discourse. This is because the issues Myrdal raised, throughout his life but also in Asian Drama, are fundamental ones not only for development but for our discipline of economics and for the broader terrain of p...
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He shared it with Friedrich Hayek "for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena." Many thought it strangely ironic that the free market icon Hayek should be paired with the champion of social democratic interventio...
The two central questions posed in the chapter are: (i) How did Myrdal’s broad experience and perspective influence Asian Drama? (ii) How did Asian Drama influence the development debate?
Gunnar Myrdal published Asian Drama in 1968, a work which made important analytical contributions to our understanding of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia’s future prospects.
Aug 27, 2019 · Gunnar Myrdal published Asian Drama in 1968, which made important analytical contributions to our understanding of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia’s future prospects.
- Deepak Nayyar
Aug 27, 2019 · The chapter covers: (i) what Myrdal brought to the analysis of development from his long, varied, and distinguished academic and practitioner career; (ii) the development terrain in the...
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Dec 1, 2018 · Gunnar Myrdal published Asian Drama in 1968, which made important analytical contributions to our understanding of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia’s future prospects.
