Paul A. Baran: Development

Paul A. Baran was American Marxist economist. Explore interesting quotes on development.

Paul A. Baran: 48 quotes0 likes

“It is in underdeveloped world that he central, overriding fact of our epoch becomes manifest to the naked eye: the capitalist system, once a mighty engine of economic development, has turned into a no less formidable hurdle to human advancement.”

Source: The Political Economy Of Growth (1957), Chapter Eight, The Steep Ascent, p. 249

“The principal impact of foreign enterprise on the development of the underdeveloped countries lies in hardening and strengthening the sway of merchant capitalism, in slowing down and indeed preventing its transformation into industrial capitalism.”

Source: The Political Economy Of Growth (1957), Chapter Six, Towards A Morphology Of Backwardness, I, p. 194

“To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor.”

Source: The Political Economy Of Growth (1957), Chapter Eight, The Steep Ascent, p. 300

“Much if not all we know about the complex mechanism responsible for the development (and stagnation) of productive forces, and for the rise and decay of social organizations, is the result of the analytical work undertaken by Marx and by those whom he inspired.”

Source: The Political Economy Of Growth (1957), Chapter One, A General View, p. 5