Human behaviour in development economics

Barbara Ingham

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1999, vol. 6, issue 4, 606-623

Abstract: The focus of the paper is human behaviour in long-run change as examplified in the writings of the 'pioneer' development economists, Lewis, Hirschman and Myrdal. Lewis is credited with recognizing the importance of human behaviour, though unable to resolve the limitations of neoclassical thinking. Hirschman and Myrdal, characterized as holistic and evolutionary in approach, are argued to be more successful in integrating human behaviour into theories of long-run change.

Keywords: behaviour; history; culture; institutions; holism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1080/10427719900000045

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