The Broken Mosaic: For an Economics Beyond Equations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842776339)

This cogent critique of the narrowness and moral blindness of conventional economics, and its distance from any genuine concern for people's lives, is part autobiographical reflection and part summation of a lifetime's work in developing countries. Ladislau Dowbor rejects both old-fashioned statist economics and utopian 'post-economics' ideas of social organization. Instead, he pulls together a rich mixture of detailed and practical conclusions about economic and social policy, drawing on his own work as an economic adviser in countries as diverse as Poland, Portugal, Guinea Bissau, post-Soviet Mongolia, Sandinista Nicaragua, democratic South Africa and President Lula's Brazil.

His approaches and principles are relevant to all developing countries as they seek new policies to replace neoliberal prescriptions that have delivered neither growth, social justice, nor environmental sustainability.

Author: Ladislau Dowbor
ISBN-10: 1842776339
ISBN-13: 9781842776339
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.39d