Kicking Away the Ladder. Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

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Three names deserve special mention as key catalysts for the birth of this book. The first is Erik Reinert, who, through his incredible knowledge of economic history and history of economic thoughts, has directed me to many sources which I would not otherwise have even known about. The second is James Putzel; through his support for my undertaking a project on the history of institutional development, which forms the basis of the second of the main chapters (chapter 3), he provided the critical impetus to’ get this book going. Last but not least, I must mention Charles Kindleberger, who, despite his disagreements, provided me with exceptionally detailed and knowledgeable critical comment on an earlier version of the manuscript. He also drew my attention to the passage from Friedrich List, from which the phrase that forms the title of this book is taken.

I owe special thanks to Wolfgang Drechsler, Michael Ellman, Stanley Engerman, Peter Evans, Ben Fine, Ilene Grabel, William Milberg, Eyiip Ozveren, Peter Nolan, Howard Stein, Lance Taylor and Larry Westphal, who read various earlier versions of the book with great care and provided many important comments, not all of which I was able to incorporate into the final version of the book. Van Anantha-Nageswaran, Ashwini Deshpande, Jacob Gulman, SunMok Ha, Irfan ul Haque, John Grieve Smith, Haider Khan, Tony Miller, Leon Montes, Gabriel Palma, John Sender, Jang-Sup Shin, Judith Tendler, John Toye and Tianbiao Zhu also made many helpful suggestions. Jonathan Pincus gave me not only important intellectual comments but also provided me with a lot of useful editorial advice.

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