This paper analyzes the worldview of international economics and the great theoretical contribution of Raúl Prebisch: his ideas about the existence of a structural imbalance, caused by the concentration of technical progress due to the international division of labor and the system of relations between the center-periphery, produced by the consequent deterioration of the terms of trade. He also refers to the reasons for the above: the main economic center ceased to be the United Kingdom and its place was taken by the United States. He explains how in the sixties this country saw its situation weakened, due to the great changes in the relations of the central economies, and could not continue to exercise its role, which resulted in the indebtedness of the peripheral countries. It is concluded that the possibility of a single economy fulfilling the role of the main center has disappeared.
Keywords:
International Economics, Economic Theory, Raúl Prebisch, Center-Periphery Relations, Dependency
Author Biography
Celso Furtado, Universidad de París
Ex canciller de Brasil, actualmente es profesor de la Universidad de París.
Furtado, C. (1993). La cosmovisión de Prebisch : una visión actual. Estudios Internacionales, 26(101), p. 89–97. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.1993.15448
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