Ignacy Sachs and the Spaceship Earth

Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2013, vol. 33, issue 2, 360-366

Abstract: This paper is a short survey of the work of Ignacy Sachs – one of the pioneers of structuralist development economics and an outstanding economist dedicated to environmental economics. Sachs is Polish and a disciple of Michael Kalecki, but he is also a Brazilian and a French, given his strong ties with these two countries. He knows the importance of markets in the coordination of the economy, but, as a developmental economist, he attributes a key role to economic planning. Only through the deliberate action of the state it will be possible to achieve economic growth, reduction of inequalities, and protection of the environments – only through deliberate action way men and women will be able to conduct the Spaceship Earth to economic, social and environmental development and assure a decent work to all. JEL Classification: O10; O20.

Keywords: economic development; environment; decent work; patterns of growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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