Ragnar Nurkse

‘Ragnar Nurkse, Trade and Development’ reprints Nukse’s most important works, making them widely available for an audience of economists, policy makers, researchers and students.

Rainer Kattel is Professor of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. He has previously edited ‘Creative Destruction Management: Meeting the Challenges of the Techno-Economic Paradigm Shift’, with Tarmo Kalvet, (Tallinn, 2006).

Jan A. Kregel is Senior Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, University of Missouri, Kansas City; and Tallinn University of Technology. His books include ‘Rate of Profit, Distribution and Growth: Two Views’ (London & Chicago, 1971), ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’ (London, 1972), ‘The Reconstruction of Political Economy' (London 1973), ‘The Theory of Capital’ (London: Macmillan, 1976) and ‘The Past and Future of Banks’ (Roma, 1997).

Erik S. Reinert is Chairman of The Other Canon Foundation, Norway, and Professor at Tallinn University of Technology. His books include ‘How Rich Countries Got Rich