This book is about mutual influences of thinking about economic development in China and in the West, from the 18th century until the present. Its chapters are contributed by development economists and historians of thought from China and other parts of the world. The book describes important...

Introduction / Mario GARCIA-MOLINA and Hans-Michael TRAUTWEIN -- Core and periphery -- Core and periphery in the early cold war : a historical analysis of development theory / Natália BRACARENSE -- Anarchic accumulation, un-effective demand and institutional constraints : Oskar Lange's critique...

Der vorliegende Band blickt ein Jahrhundert zurück auf das damalige ökonomische Denken im deutschsprachigen Raum. In der Zeit um den Ersten Weltkrieg befand sich die etablierte Nationalökonomie in einer Krise – diskreditiert als apologetische Ordnungswissenschaft des Kaiserreichs, gelähmt...

1. Introduction / Ying Ma and Hans-Michael Trautwein -- 2. Physiocracy and the Chinese model / Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen -- 3. The reception of Adam Smith in East Asia / Qunyi Liu -- 4. Commodities, natural resources, and growth / Mauro Boianovsky -- 5. Yan Fu, individualism, and social order /...