ABSTRACT

This is the first study of the development of economic thought in Latin America. It traces the development of economic ideas during five centuries and across the whole continent. It addresses a wide range of approaches to economic issues including:* the scholastic tradition in Latin American economies* the quantity theory of money* cameralism* huma

chapter 1|3 pages

INTRODUCTION

A historiography of Hispanic American economic thought

chapter 2|11 pages

INDIAN ECONOMICS

chapter 3|17 pages

JUAN DE MATIENZO AND TOMÁS DE MERCADO

chapter 4|25 pages

SCHOLASTIC ECONOMICS

chapter 5|24 pages

THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY

chapter 6|21 pages

INDO-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT DOCTRINES

chapter 8|21 pages

JOSÉ CARDIEL

chapter 9|27 pages

COLOMBIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

chapter 11|21 pages

THE TREATISE OF DIEGO PADILLA

chapter 12|24 pages

ESTEBAN ECHEVERRÍA

chapter 13|23 pages

A TREATISE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY IN 1823

chapter 14|10 pages

THE LÓPEZ-PELLEGRINI SCHOOL

chapter 15|7 pages

HUMAN CAPITAL IN BOLIVIA

chapter 16|11 pages

SILVIO GESELL

chapter 17|6 pages

RAÚL PREBISCH