The Dialectics of Jamaican Economic Thought: The Postmodernists vs. Modernists

22 Pages Posted: 25 Jun 2006

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Peter W. Jones

Economic Development Institute Jamaica

Date Written: June 18, 2006

Abstract

In a developing country such as Jamaica, the success of policy decisions their successes and failures in a world driven by financial globalization and the New Open Economy Macro-Model (NOEM) continues to be predetermined by the constantly evolving paradigm of the dialectics of the post modernist vs. modernist thinking in an attempt by the country to enforce its power of identity. However will this approach create a smooth or rapid transition of the country from a developing to a developed country?

This paper will explore these ideas and show through the case study approach the pros and cons of: The Dialectics Of Jamaican Economic Thought: The Postmodernists vs. Modernists.

Keywords: Jamaica economic Thought, Economic Thought Jamaica

JEL Classification: B10, B30, B40

Suggested Citation

Jones, Peter W., The Dialectics of Jamaican Economic Thought: The Postmodernists vs. Modernists (June 18, 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=911281 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.911281

Peter W. Jones (Contact Author)

Economic Development Institute Jamaica ( email )

Kingston, 10
Jamaica

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