Abstract

PALLEY, Thomas. The economics of New Developmentalism: A critical assessment. Inv. Econ [online]. 2021, vol.80, n.317, pp.3-33.  Epub Sep 13, 2021. ISSN 0185-1667.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fe.01851667p.2021.317.79804.

This paper critically assesses the economics of New Developmentalism (ND). It begins by identifying and formalizing the principal components of ND which are identified as neutralizing Dutch disease, ending growth with foreign saving, development driven by a technologically advanced and internationally competitive manufacturing private sector, and getting macroeconomic prices right. It then examines four strands of critique consisting of internal economic logic critiques, Classical Developmentalism (CD) critiques, Keynesian and Neo-Kaleckian critiques, and the fighting the last war critique. To this author, ND is best understood as a Third Way styled analysis that blends CD heterodoxy and Neoliberalism. However, ND’s substantive policy recommendations lean in the Neoliberal direction, particularly as regards budget deficits and state intervention in the development process. From a Classical Development perspective, the problematic of development cannot be solved as easily as suggested by ND.

Keywords : New developmentalism; classical developmentalism; Dutch disease; growth with foreign saving; macroeconomic prices.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in English     · English ( pdf )