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Ignacy Sachs and the Spaceship Earth

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  • Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

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This paper is a short survey of the work of Ignacy Sachs – one of the pioneers of structuralist development economics and an outstanding economist dedicated to environmental economics. Sachs is Polish and a disciple of Michael Kalecki, but he is also a Brazilian and a French, given his strong ties with these two countries. He knows the importance of markets in the coordination of the economy, but, as a developmental economist, he attributes a key role to economic planning. Only through the deliberate action of the state it will be possible to achieve economic growth, reduction of inequalities, and protection of the environments – only through deliberate action way men and women will be able to conduct the Spaceship Earth to economic, social and environmental development and assure a decent work to all. JEL Classification: O10; O20.

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  • Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, 2013. "Ignacy Sachs and the Spaceship Earth," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 33(2), pages 360-366.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:33:y:2013:i:2:p:360-366:id:317
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    Keywords

    economic development; environment; decent work; patterns of growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General

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