Download or read book Ideas, Policies and Economic Development in the Americas written by Esteban Pérez-Caldentey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interplay of ideas and policies is central to understanding the historical evolution of economies. Ideas shape economic institutions and real economic constraints are the source of new economic ideas. The history of economic ideas, both those that are fairly recent and those that are considerably older, may provide a fertile ground for new appr