Broken Mosaic: For an Economics Beyond Equations
Ladislau Dowbor, Mark Lutes (Translator), Hazel HendersonBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
In this critique of conventional economics, 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.
Synopsis
This critique of the narrowness and moral blindness of conventional economics combines autobiographical reflection and 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.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"An original book about a remarkable life ... an innovative approach to economics and to development, not from a theoretical or abstract perspective but through illuminating lessons born from an incredibly diversified experience"--Rubens Ricupero, Secretary General of UNCTAD