Has the US Lurched into a Process of Underdevelopment? Insights from Celso Furtado

Gregorio Vidal and Wesley Colin Marshall

Journal of Economic Issues, 2014, vol. 48, issue 4, 1095-1112

Abstract: In this paper, we apply Celso Furtado’s vision of the process of economic development to the United States’ economy. Furtado was a creator of Latin American structuralism and continues to be one of the region’s most influential economists. Yet, he is little known in the English literature. As we argue, there are few academics who offer a theoretical framework capable of robustly evaluating the current trajectory of U.S. economic development with the depth of Furtado. Through his analytical lens, and with some help from John Maynard Keynes, we examine the present reality, as well as the more remote economic history of the US. We argue that, seen through Furtado’s lens, the US can now be accurately described as an under-developing economy.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624480411

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