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History as an Obstacle to Change: The Case of Haiti

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mats Lundahl
Mats Lundahl*
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Stockholm School of Economics
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…widespread social evils are seldom unconnected with the selfish and brutal behavior of powerful groups and individuals…

(Andreski, 1966)

Most economic models do not explicitly incorporate the “state” or the “government” into their analyses. Instead, this entity is viewed as a deus ex machina which plans and directs economic policy according to notions of efficiency, growth, distributional justice, and so on, that form the central concepts of the models. Unfortunately, the same naive thinking permeates a good deal of public policy analysis. This is the case, for example, with issues of development and underdevelopment. Here, attention is concentrated on “technical,” or “economic,” solutions, while taking for granted, either implicitly or explicitly, the existence of the political will necessary to implement them.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 31 , Issue 1-2: Special Issue: Latin America at the Crossroads: Major Public Policy Issues , Spring/Summer 1989 , pp. 1 - 22
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Copyright © University of Miami 1989

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