Mainstream macroeconomic theory understands the economy as a phenomenon tractable by analysis adequately enough to be manageable by macroeconomic policy guided by this analysis. We explore why this epistemological approach of the economy has remained dominant in mainstream economics despite...

Introduction -- The Basic Assumptions of Traditional Economics -- An Initial Interim Conclusion -- A Discourse Analytical Examination of Some Fundamental Assumptions and Concepts in Economics -- A Second Interim Conclusion -- Summary and Outlook -- Conclusion and Outlook.

Decolonizing development : from Dadabhai Naoroji to Raúl Prebisch -- Development and social identities : race and caste in Mariátegui and Ambedkar -- Memories of underdevelopment : Miguel Angel Asturias's chronicles on India.