PARALLEL LIVES · Dependency and Backwardness

Parallel Lives: Dependency and Backwardness

The project has looked at the interactions between economists in Latin America and in the Soviet Union during the 1960s and 1970s. The issue addressed is the scope, extent, and significance of intellectual exchanges linking two important intellectual traditions that examined the world economy from a point of view alternative to Western liberalism. Both Soviet and Latin American economists attempted to theorize and overcome in practice key problems such as global economic inequality and trade imbalances. Their goal was the creation of a theory of economic development based on more inclusive and fair principles than mainstream approaches at the time. They hoped that this new theory would inspire the action of leading international organizations in the United Nations system that operated in the field of trade and development. The project is primarily an academic study, whose main audience are historians and socialist scientists interested in liberal and illiberal approaches to the global economy. In this field, this project pushes the boundaries of transnational intellectual history, including non-traditional actors and societies in key discussions on the politics and economics of the twentieth century. Moreover, the project stresses the importance of approaches to economic governance and regulation elaborated in the Global South and in the former socialist world. Some of these ideas, including inclusivity and economic justice, have added relevance in the contemporary world, in which governments and international organizations need to find new solutions to economic crisis and unequal resource distribution on a global scale. The overall objectives of the project are to provide the first academic study in the field of Soviet-Latin American intellectual cooperation. The aim of the study is to demonstrate the influence that both alternative economic projects had on each other, highlighting the importance of non-Western approaches to global economic management. The grant was terminated after 12 months because I (the principal investigator) received an offer of employment at a leading academic institution. During the first 12 months of the project, I was able to carry out significant research for the project, and I have started drafting an article related to the themes discussed above. In the future, I hope to be able to return to this research project to advance my preliminary research.

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